Gov Signs Bill Regulating Data Center Costs, Water Use

fox13news.com: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 484 at Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland, making Florida one of the first states in the nation to require that large-scale data centers bear their own electricity and water costs rather than passing them to consumers, while preserving local government authority to reject data center developments.

https://www.fox13news.com/news/desantis-bill-costs-water-use-ai-data-centers-flo…

Close Calls at Dams Serve As Climate Warning

grist.org: Record flooding in northern Michigan pushed aging dams to the brink of failure, with water coming within 5 inches of overtopping Cheboygan Dam, highlighting that the average U.S. dam is 64 years old and most were built for rainfall patterns that no longer reflect a warming climate, at a time when federal funding falls far short of the $165 billion estimated to address the problem.

https://grist.org/extreme-weather/close-calls-at-michigans-dams-are-a-climate-wa…