By Lucy Harper (NJ State House News Service) Lawmakers took another step Thursday toward forcing New Jersey’s proliferating data centers to submit semi-annual reports on the electric and water use. The measure, A4096, was unanimously approved by the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee, and would mandate reporting to the state Board of Public Utilities. An […]
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