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This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California lawmakers started the year signaling they were ready to get tough on data centers, aiming to protect the ...

Earlier this year, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 53, which would require large model developers like ...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to regulate data centers but vetoed another as California looks to balance protecting consumers with jump-starting its lagging digital infrastructure sector. California ...