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US Senate rejects bill targeting AI data centre electricity costs

Democrats criticise bill as lacking ‘teeth’ and push for mandatory measures to address soaring electricity bills.

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Democrats criticise bill as lacking ‘teeth’ and push for mandatory measures to address soaring electricity bills. The United States Senate has thwarted a bill that would have required state regulators to consider forcing data centres and other major electricity users to bear the costs of the infrastructure built to serve them.

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