WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Mark R. Warner issued the following press release:
U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) co-sponsored the Power for the People Act, legislation to rein in the rising electricity costs Virginians are facing by addressing the huge amounts of energy required by data centers.
Amid the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI), corporations and big technology companies' build out of data centers has exploded and is projected to continue to rapidly increase. As more and more data centers aim to connect to the power grid, consumers across Virginia and the country are footing the bill for the infrastructure required to bring them online. Because data centers use so much power, they are also increasing energy demand which is...