As artificial intelligence expands across the US, data centres are consuming more electricity, raising concerns about rising power bills for ordinary Americans. The US House of Representatives is expected to vote on bipartisan legislation, the Ratepayer Protection Act, which aims to make large data centres pay their share of the costs of electricity infrastructure. Here's what the proposed bill could change and what it could mean for household electricity bills.
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Data centers have been around for decades, but AI means we need more of them than ever
