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House Passes Bill to Make AI Data Centers Pay for Power Grid Upgrades


The House voted 417-3 Wednesday to advance legislation that could make the nation’s largest AI data centers pay the full cost of power grid upgrades needed to serve them, a bipartisan effort to protect households and small businesses from higher electricity bills.The Ratepayer Protection Act would require state utility regulators...

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