S.B. 417: Cloud Computing Cluster Infrastructure Grant Fund; reclaimed water usage, definitions.
Virginia, 2026 Regular Session. In committee, February 4, 2026.
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S.B. 417 at a glance
Status In committee In committee, .
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Cloud Computing Cluster Infrastructure Grant Fund; reclaimed water usage. Requires data center operators applying for grant payments from the Cloud Computing Cluster Infrastructure Grant Fund to utilize reclaimed water, defined in the bill, for water dependent cooling processes at data center and cloud computing cluster operations facilities. The bill gradually increases the reclaimed water utilization requirement at such facilities from 60 percent of all water dependent cooling processes beginning on July 1, 2027, to 100 percent on and after July 1, 2031.
Measure Bill.
Sponsors Richard Stuart (R)
Subjects None on file. The legislature's own list.
Official page lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB417. Found through LegiScan (bill 2085431), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.
What happened, and when
- February 4, 2026 In committee
S.B. 417 went to committee in the Senate. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 5-N 2-A).
- January 13, 2026 In committee
S.B. 417 went to committee in the Senate. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology.
- January 13, 2026 Introduced
S.B. 417 was introduced in the Senate. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology.
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