Senate Bill Would Ensure Data Centers Do Not Pass Energy Costs Onto Consumers Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is circulating a bill to require data centers to bring their own power when constructing these new power-hungry facilities, Axios reports this morning. We’ve detailed the growing resistance to the construction of new data centers for months now as several studies have demonstrated electricity prices spiking around new data center facilities, as they usually consume significantly more power than the grids they’re connected to can offer. To prevent skyrocketing electric bills, every state has to follow the Texas example: each data center must have its… — Continue at ZeroHedge News : Read More
