California moves to rein in AI data centers with seven bills as US printing & writing paper shipments fall 7% — plus six more｜BPJ News Morning Brief
AI infrastructure growth is getting boxed in from four sides—power, water, finance, and the courts—while paper and packaging wobble on procurement and regulation.
California has rolled water, power, and land-use oversight for data centers into a single push—and is shifting grid-upgrade costs toward operators. In paper, the bigger swing isn’t simply demand. It’s the replacement of domestic supply with imports, and uneven rule enforcement—both of which hit pricing and version control on the print floor.
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Around data centers, California has now assembled seven bills that require reporting on water and electricity use and push grid-upgrade costs onto operators (Governor of California, September 21, 2026). On the consumption and distribution side, Amazon reportedly blocked Meta’s AI agent “Muse” from accessing Amazon.com and making purchases—tightening control at the front door of e-commerce (Bloomberg Law, September 21, 2026). Meanwhile, paper supply and demand signals are…
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