WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) voted against legislation that fails to protect Wisconsin ratepayers and does nothing to ensure that data centers pay for their own energy costs. The legislation only asks that states and regulators "consider" making Big Tech pay for the energy that the data centers use, failing to put real protections for families from increased energy costs into law.
"This bill tries to sell the American people a bad bill of goods and take them for fools. This toothless legislation does not protect American families from increased energy costs and allows these huge AI data centers to pass on their energy bills to fam...