Bipartisan Bill Imposes New Data Center Power Costs — SkimNews
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- The bipartisan legislation, unveiled last week, would force data centers to shoulder new costs and restrictions while simultaneously speeding up the energy infrastructure needed to power the AI boom.
- Lawmakers characterized the bill as the most aggressive federal response yet to data centers, targeting both the operators and the power grid that fuels them.
Why it matters: The bill, framed as Washington's most aggressive data center response yet, would impose new costs and restrictions on operators while accelerating grid buildout for the AI boom. Data center operators absorb the new cost burden while utilities and grid projects get prioritized for faster permitting.
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