Under a proposed bill, AI data centers would be required to report their water use to the state — but the public would have ...

In late September, Governor Spencer Cox of Utah stood on the shores of the drying Great Salt Lake, flanked by top legislative ...

A bill that demands data centers disclose how much water they use won unanimous approval from a House committee on Thursday.

Utah’s data centers would have to report to the state how much water they’re using every year under a proposal advancing at the state Legislature. The vast centers housing rows of servers would have ...

Note to readers •This story is made possible through a partnership between The Salt Lake Tribune and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. In late September, Gov. Spencer Cox stood on ...