WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, today wrote to public utility regulators in all 50 states seeking documents and information regarding non-disclosure agreements or other restrictions on the public disclosure of data centers' energy usage, water access, infrastructure strain, or related environmental and economic effects. Following public reporting that data center owners and their clients have sought to limit state and local officials' ability to share information about the impact of data centers, Blumenthal is raising concerns that Big Tech is preventing the public from h...