Three Democrats are seeking information from tech firms about the growing energy use of data centers and the utility bills of individuals and other businesses.
The energy needs of data centers used for artificial intelligence are forcing utility companies to spend billions of dollars to upgrade the power grid, the lawmakers said.
An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world.
Employees working on battery units at the solar project, which is owned by AES, a Virginia company that holds utilities and power plants across the world.
Officials from around the world are attending the U.N. climate summit in Belém, Brazil, this week, but U.S. government and business leaders are not among them.
The new projects would include a Westinghouse reactor, like those used in the recent construction of two units at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Waynesboro, Ga.
Energy costs have become a central issue in the governor’s race between Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican, and Representative Mikie Sherrill, the Democrat.
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