SB 259 Data Center Water Use Regulation

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Senate Bill 259 is a legislative measure in Oklahoma aimed at regulating groundwater use by data centers in western Oklahoma. The bill mandates metering, reporting, and permitting of groundwater use, and requires data centers to use low-water consumption cooling technologies such as closed-loop or dielectric immersion cooling instead of traditional evaporative cooling. The bill also grants enforcement authority to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to audit usage and impose fines for wasteful practices.