A recent bipartisan letter aims to hold data centers accountable for increasing electricity costs. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley have written to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), calling for comprehensive, annual energy-use disclosures from data centers. The letter emphasizes the importance of this data for accurate grid planning and policymaking to protect American families from rising electricity costs. Although the EIA has announced a pilot program to study data center energy use, it is voluntary and limited to certain areas. This effort follows other legislative actions, including a proposed moratorium on data center construction by Senator Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, along with state-level bills and inquiries from Democratic lawmakers regarding energy consumption and data center expansion plans.
Senators Investigate Actual Electricity Usage by Data Centers
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