Water & electric limits on data centers

South Dakota Legislature has passed restrictions on how data centers use water and electric. SB 135, signed by the Governor, applies to data centers that use 10MW or more of electricity and places the burden on the data center to ensure it does not harm local water supplies and requires the data centers to pay for any electric infrastructure necessary to supply its operations.

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