# US Senate rejects bill targeting AI data centre electricity costs

https://mins.news/en/item/81102

- Al Jazeera, 2026-09-30 22:58 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/30/us-senate-rejects-bill-targeting-ai-data-centre-electricity-costs?traffic_source=rss

> The US Senate rejected the Ratepayer Protection Act by 57 votes to 43. The bipartisan measure would have required state regulators to consider making data centres and other major electricity users pay for infrastructure built to serve them. Democrats called it “toothless” and urged mandatory protections against rising household electricity bills.

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