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Bipartisan bill seeks to shift data centre power costs away from households and businesses
Proposed legislation would require data centre operators to fund new electricity generation, grid upgrades and transmission infrastructure needed to support their facilities, rather than passing costs on to local consumers.
By João Marques Lima
Founder and Editor, The Tech Capital
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House lawmakers in the US have introduced bipartisan legislation that would require technology companies to pay the full cost of the electricity infrastructure needed to support new data centres, amid growing concern over the impact of AI-driven demand on power grids and consumer energy bills.
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