Senators launched a probe Tuesday demanding that tech companies explain exactly how they plan to prevent data center projects from increasing electricity bills in communities where prices are already skyrocketing. In letters to seven AI firms, Senators Elizabeth Warren D Mass., Chris Van Hollen D Md., and Richard Blumenthal D Conn. cited a study estimating that “electricity prices have increased by as much as 267 percent in the past five years” in “areas located near significant data center...
