US HOUSE WILL VOTE ON DATA CENTER POWER COST BILL
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote as soon as Wednesday on bipartisan legislation that seeks to rein in electricity bill increases tied to the expansion of data centers that support artificial intelligence.
The vote comes as government officials nationwide are under pressure to take steps to prevent the soaring cost of data center power needs from being passed on to average households. The Ratepayer Protection Act would require state utility regulators to consider whether large electricity users, including data centers, should bear the incremental costs of the power infrastructure needed to serve them. It was introduced by Representative Kathy Castor, a Democrat from Florida, and Gabe Evans, a Colorado Republican.
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