SB 417 Virginia Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Cloud Computing Cluster Infrastructure Grant Fund; reclaimed water usage, definitions.

Summary
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.
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Jan 2026
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Feb 10, 2026
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Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 5-N 2-A)
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Jan 13, 2026
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Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
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Richard Stuart
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