DATA CENTERS AND POWER BILLS TAKE CENTER STAGE IN CONGRESS

A bipartisan permitting proposal would address grid upgrades and costs tied to growing data-center demand.

Congress is weighing a bipartisan energy permitting bill amid concerns about electricity prices and rapidly expanding data centers. Reuters reports that the proposal would accelerate certain energy projects and require large data-center operators to shoulder more grid-upgrade costs. Critics raise concerns about environmental review and tribal sovereignty. The bill has not become law.

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