6 October 2026
Senate bill to make data centers pay their own electricity costs fails
First reported
Tom's Hardware ran this on , a day before the next source picked it up.
- Senator Jon Husted introduced a bill directing states to consider whether data centers should cover infrastructure costs they create, rather than passing them to residents.
- Democrats opposed the bill as toothless because it only directed regulators to consider the standard, without requiring states to actually enforce it.
How it was covered
Reported by Tom's Hardware