Schiff Proposes Bill Requiring Data Centers to Pay for Own Power

A Senate Democrat is proposing a bill that would require large data centers to secure their own power in a bid to reduce energy costs.

Dubbed the Energy Cost Fairness and Reliability Act, Sen. Adam Schiff‘s (D-Calif.) bill is the latest effort in Congress to tackle energy affordability as Americans decry high electricity costs and power-hungry artificial intelligence data centers.

The bill requires data centers that are over 50 megawatts to bring their own power, a common call among Democrats and Republicans amid national pushback against data centers. President Donald Trump received pledges in ...