Democrats Continue Blaming Data Centers For Power Bill Crisis, Ignore Biden-Era Inflation Spike By Green Policies

Democrats Continue Blaming Data Centers For Power Bill Crisis, Ignore Biden-Era Inflation Spike By Green Policies

Democrats Continue Blaming Data Centers For Power Bill Crisis, Ignore Biden-Era Inflation Spike By Green Policies The clash of narratives is well underway, with Democrats blaming data centers and Republicans blaming "delusional climate cultist ideology" for a power-bill inflation crisis that is crippling working-poor families and increasingly stressing middle-income and even some higher-income households. On Tuesday, left-wing Senators Elizabeth…

Elizabeth Warren, other U.S. senators concerned about big tech pushing up electricity costs — demands explanation from Amazon, Google, Meta as AI data centers drive up residential energy bills - WorldNL Magazine

(Image credit: Getty / Bloomberg) Three U.S. Senators — Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn. — are looking at how AI data center operations across the country are impacting the cost of electricity for the average American consumer. According to The New York Times, the legislators sent letters to seven tech companies, including Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, CoreWeave, Digital Realty, and Equinix,…

Elizabeth Warren, other U.S. senators concerned about big tech pushing up electricity costs — demands explanation from Amazon, Google, Meta as AI data centers drive up residential energy bills

Three Democratic Senators are investigating the impact of the massive AI data center build out on the electricity bill of the average American.

Senators Investigate Role of A.I. Data Centers in Rising Electricity Costs

The energy needs of data centers used for artificial intelligence are forcing utility companies to spend billions of dollars to upgrade the power grid, the lawmakers said.