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Data centers are black boxes, but California wants to change that 

Global Published 23 September 2026, 23:22 · archived 23 Sep 2026

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a slate of bills on Monday that could finally give communities better data - and more say - on how data centers impact their electricity bills and water supply. As data centers invade a growing number of communities across the US, they've triggered protests over how the infrastructure underpinning AI […]

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