Senators are pushing to find out how much electricity data centers actually use

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On Thursday, senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) sent a missive to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) urging it to statesman collecting "comprehensive, yearly energy-use disclosures" connected information centers, arsenic reported by Wired. According to the letter, information connected however overmuch energy information centers are consuming is "essential for close grid readying and volition enactment policymaking to forestall ample companies from expanding energy costs for American families."

The EIA announced connected Wednesday that it's launching a aviator program to measure information halfway vigor use, but that programme is voluntary and focused connected Texas, Washington …

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