Senate advances energy permitting bill 73-25, requiring data centers to pay more grid costs
firstadopter · x · 2026-11-10
The US Senate voted 73-25 to invoke cloture on the bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, opening debate on legislation that would speed approvals for power plants, transmission lines, mines and other infrastructure. It would also require large data centers to pay a bigger share of the grid upgrades needed to serve them, with direct implications for AI compute buildout costs.
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