Trump wants to move on data centers. Not so much Congress

President Donald Trump is trying to manage the political risks of data centers. But congressional Republicans are far from settling on a strategy of their own.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have introduced legislation to make sure the proliferation of energy-hungry data centers don’t continue hiking electricity prices — and some are jockeying for leadership on the issue.

Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) have one of the more aggressive bills. “Guaranteeing Rate Insulation from Data Centers (GRID) Act,” S. 3852, would mandate that all new data centers use their own power sources separate from the grid and would require all currently operating data centers to migrate off the grid within 10 years.

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