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Who Pays for AI Data Center Costs? House Says Big Tech, Not Consumers

Virginia Grace McKinnon

The House successfully passed its first major legislation on artificial intelligence to ensure big tech pays for its energy usage, rather than passing costs onto the American consumer. The Ratepayer Protection Act passed with overwhelming bipartisan support Wednesday night by a vote of 417-3.

The data center operation legislation was brought forward by Rep. Gabe Evans, R-Colo., who says it isn’t just a cost-savings bill, but also a national security bill that will protect American data from communist China.

The Ratepayer Protection Act requires state public utility commissions to consider federal guardrails for the construction and operation of new data centers and artificial intelligence centers. With the increase in data center construction, Americans fear the operating costs for these large facilities will eventually be passed on to them.

“Done correctly, data centers can actually lower the cost of electric rates because they’re investing in more generation, more transmission, more distribution,” Evans told the Daily........

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