{"id":36338,"date":"2026-04-27T08:08:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=36338"},"modified":"2026-04-27T08:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:08:47","slug":"lawmakers-eye-water-use-transparency-requirements-for-data-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/36338-lawmakers-eye-water-use-transparency-requirements-for-data-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawmakers Eye Water Use Transparency Requirements for Data Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>(ST. REP. ANN WILLIAMS OF CHICAGO)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knowing how much water data centers use would help communities\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Article Summary\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data centers\u2019 impact on water resources is one of the biggest concerns about the facilities, and it was the main topic of the final hearing about data center regulations in a House committee on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hearing revolved around the need for transparency, and lawmakers heard from water resource groups and a data center industry representative about the best way to do it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The data center industry is opposed to the current regulation being considered and argues that other high-end water users should be subject to the same requirements for planning and reporting water use.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lawmakers said conversations about water management should continue. Members of the Senate have already held hearings about groundwater supplies and resource management.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By NIKOEL HYTREK <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"mailto:nhytrek@capitolnewsillinois.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nhytrek@capitolnewsillinois.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPRINGFIELD \u2014 Lawmakers emphasized the need for transparency about how much water data centers use to cool their facilities at the final of three data center-focused hearings in the House Executive Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Undisclosed water use is one of the most common complaints about data centers, particularly for the large, hyperscale facilities that support artificial intelligence that are proliferating across Illinois.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe talk a lot about energy, and people express concerns about, \u2018Are we utilizing energy? Are we going to have enough resources there?\u2019 We have a plan,\u201d said Democratic Rep. Ann Williams of Chicago, who chaired the committee on Wednesday. \u201cI think that same process needs to happen with water and how much of it already exists versus what we need to put in place with the influx of users.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fwpcoa.org\/content.aspx?page_id=5&amp;club_id=859275&amp;item_id=130961\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">amount of water<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a data center uses can vary widely and depends on factors like its size, outside temperatures and how it cools its servers, but one facility can use as much as a small city in a day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helena Volzer, senior source water policy manager for the Alliance for the Great Lakes, and Andrew Rehn, the climate policy director of the Prairie Rivers Network touted <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/power-act-lawmakers-seek-to-regulate-new-data-centers-power-water-usage\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the POWER Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a regulation bill currently under consideration in the General Assembly, as the best mechanism to manage water use by data centers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Volzer said one of the major benefits of the POWER Act is that it begins to address what she described as haphazard water management planning in Illinois.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere&#8217;s really not much in the way of water use reporting or evaluating whether or not the watershed can handle a proposed water use before that water use occurs,\u201d she said of current state regulations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate change, Volzer added, is threatening water sources with hotter, drier summers and more droughts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe connection between groundwater and surface water means that surface water resources can become stressed if groundwater becomes depleted,\u201d she said. \u201cWith simultaneously competing demand for water from agriculture, industry, data centers and residential use, communities in Illinois are facing complex tradeoffs in managing primary water supplies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The POWER Act requires data centers to produce plans for water use, scarcity and sustainability. It also requires data centers to use the most water efficient cooling method \u2014 using closed loop cooling as a baseline for efficiency \u2014 and to report that usage four times a year to the Illinois Power Agency and to a publicly accessible website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The POWER Act also requires data centers to submit their plans for review from the Illinois Water Survey, a nongovernment group that monitors water supplies across the state.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rehn said the frameworks in the POWER Act will give residents more clarity on how much water data centers use and assuage fears if that amount is lower than they expected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe are asking for a plan that&#8217;s just a document that says, \u2018here&#8217;s what we&#8217;re going to do,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cI personally think transparency will shed daylight and let folks be more comfortable if the water usage is indeed that low. That seems like an easy thing to do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Pushback<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brad Tietz, the Midwest policy director for the Data Center Coalition, pushed back on the planning requirements, arguing that data center developers already work closely with utilities and municipalities to make plans and ensure the facilities will have the cooling resources they need.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The data center industry opposes the POWER Act on the grounds that it singles out one industry when there are others that use a lot of water and aren\u2019t under the same scrutiny.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compared to agriculture, some manufacturing and golf courses, he said, data centers are much more water efficient.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tietz also said data center cooling methods are constantly evolving, and innovations include building near water treatment plants or using cooling methods that involve non-potable water, recycled water or air.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said those methods are possible in Illinois, especially given its cooler temperatures, which could allow data centers to use air cooling outside of summer months. He acknowledged that some of those methods require more energy, and the choice depends on the hardware in the facility.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCooling data centers involves inherent tradeoffs,\u201d Tietz said. \u201cAir cooling tends towards higher energy use, while liquid and evaporative methods typically require more water. Selecting a cooling technology therefore becomes a matter of balancing energy consumption and water usage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lawmakers said those developments don\u2019t change the need for transparency about how data centers operate in communities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rep. Theresa Mah, D- Chicago, said she didn\u2019t understand why the industry objected to making project plans public.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI live in a community where there&#8217;s a data center nearby and it&#8217;s been important for my constituents and myself to know what&#8217;s happening there and to have that transparency,\u201d she said. \u201cIt seems like it just makes sense for everywhere else in the state as well.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Williams said managing water needs in Illinois requires information about large water users to be available for everyone and data centers are a good place to start.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI know every data center company is different, but what&#8217;s the objection to providing that upfront transparency?\u201d Williams asked. \u201cThis is a new large user. I get what you&#8217;re saying. There are other users out there, certainly that there have been for some time, but with this influx of new users, it seems like planning would be helpful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Democrats in the Senate have held hearings about statewide groundwater management and are considering how to approach the issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(ST. REP. 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