Bill Brief: SB 259, Data Center Groundwater Protection Act
One-page staff brief on SB 259: what the law does, who it applies to, when it was signed, and what large-load data centers must do now.
Water
4 postsWho Decides What the Water Is Worth
Oklahoma just became one of the first states to make data centers measure the groundwater they drink. The fight over it was really a fight about who gets to decide what a shared resource is worth.
Water on the Meter
The Inference: Issue 15: Oklahoma becomes the first state to tie a groundwater permit to data-center cooling architecture.
Clean Water
Universal access to safe, clean water. The most basic test of whether a society is serious about its citizens.