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SC-S 724 — Commercial Data Center Water Usage Report

Commercial Data Center Water Usage Report

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionSouth CarolinaState-source record
Latest recorded action2026-01-13Referred to Committee on Judiciary ( Senate Journal-page 32 )
Primary sourceStateOriginal public record linked

What the evidence says

Key findings

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How it operates

Disclosure & reporting

Forces a data center’s energy, water, and impact data into public view, so regulators, ratepayers, and communities can see figures operators would otherwise keep private.

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Issues named in the record

Water

These themes are supported by explicit words in the title or stored summary, not graph proximity.

Comparable precedents

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Selected by shared tracked mechanisms or themes, with cross jurisdiction examples prioritized. Similarity is not legal equivalence.

PA-SB 1408Pennsylvania · Introduced / in committeeAn Act providing for data center transparency; prohibiting certain nondisclosure agreements between public agencies and data centers; providing for data centers and public input; prohibiting data centers from being developed or operated by certain foreign entities; and providing for enforcement by Attorney General and for energy and water reporting.Disclosure & reporting · WaterS-5640United States · Introduced / in committeeData Center Transparency Act of 2026Disclosure & reporting · WaterMD-EO-01.01.2026.16Maryland · Executive actionExecutive Order 01.01.2026.16 establishes responsible data-center development reviewDisclosure & reportingCA-AB2469California · Enacted or issuedData centers: water use disclosures.Disclosure & reporting · Water
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SC-S 724 evidence graph

Commercial Data Center Water Usage Report

8 nodes · 7 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 2Policy mechanism 1Documented actor 1Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryclassified under: Fixed-vocabulary topic classificationsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textapplies in: Jurisdiction recorded for this source typedocumented by: Original source URL stored with the policy recordsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordmember of family: exact title companionPolicy recordSC-S 724Commercial Data Center Wate…SC-S 724: Commercial Data Center Water Usage ReportPolicy themeWaterExplicit record textWater: Explicit record textPolicy themeCertification & Standa…AI-assisted policy themeCertification & Standards: AI-assisted policy themePolicy mechanismDisclosure & reportingText-derived policy signalDisclosure & reporting: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionSouth CarolinaState policy jurisdictionSouth Carolina: State policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceStateOriginal public sourceState: Original public sourceDocumented actorBlackmon and SuttonpersonBlackmon and Sutton: personPolicy familyCommercial Data Center…SCCommercial Data Center Water Usage Report: SC

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