Congress wants Big Tech to pay AI’s power bills
Congress is moving to stop households paying for Big Tech’s AI power bills. A House panel votes this week on a package of measures. The aim is to put AI data centre energy costs back on the companies that create them.
As AI drives up electricity bills, Congress wants Big Tech to pick up more of the tab. The House Energy and Commerce Committee’s energy panel votes on Wednesday on a package of bills, POLITICO’s E&E News reported. The bills take aim at AI data centre energy costs. The goal is to stop ordinary households subsidising the build-out.
It is an early step, not a finished law. A subcommittee markup is the start of a long road. But the move matters. It is the first time Republican leaders have rallied around concrete plans to tackle data centre rate hikes.
What the bills would do
The headline measure is the...
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