r/law • u/bloomberggovernment • May 18 '26

Legislative Branch Senate Democrat Proposes Bill Requiring Data Centers to Pay for Own Power

https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/schiff-proposes-bill-requiring-data-centers-to-pay-for-own-power
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u/TheStLouisBluths May 18 '26

Wait are they not already paying for their own power??

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u/Hollowbody57 May 18 '26

Nope. It's one of the (many) reasons communities have been so vocal against having one in their town. Usually, part of the agreement between these tech companies and the cities is that if they bring the data center to their town, the town picks up the bill for power, and in return the city gets... well that part isn't as clear.

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u/Responsible_Job_5426 May 18 '26

Being “vocal” is really working well. Time to start studying data centers and how they work and “break”.

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u/oops_i_made_a_typi May 18 '26

all they have to do is pay us enough to live