Senators Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley Push for Data Center Energy Transparency

Senators want datacenters to come clean on power consumption

: Ratepayer Protection Pledge is unenforceable without hard numbers, Warren and Hawley argue

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley Push for Data Center Energy Transparency

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence is ramping up the need for more data centers across the US.

Senators are pushing to find out how much electricity data centers actually use

An Amazon data center in Oregon. | Image: Amazon On Thursday, senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) sent a letter to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) asking it to collect "comprehensive, annual energy-use disclosures" on data centers and make that information publicly available, as first reported by Wired. They're urging the agency to "establish a mandatory annual reporting requirement for data centers," saying the …

Senators Demand to Know How Much Energy Data Centers Use

In a letter sent Thursday morning, Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley press the Energy Information Agency to mandate annual electricity disclosure for data centers.

The Government’s Blind Spot: Why Washington Still Can’t Track How Much Power AI Data Centers Actually Consume

A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators is demanding answers about a gaping hole in federal energy data — one that has persisted even as artificial intelligence infrastructure has become the single fastest-growing source of electricity demand in the country. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Josh Hawley, who agree on almost nothing else, sent a pointed letter to the U.S. Energy Information Administration on June 25, pressing the agency to explain why it …