Khanna to introduce a 'Data Center Bill of Rights' as AI power fights escalate

Rep. Ro Khanna plans to introduce a "Data Center Bill of Rights" as conflicts over AI power plants and grid connections intensify across the country. The bill lands in a widening fight: New York imposed the first statewide moratorium on large data center construction, Texas froze new grid connections pending an audit, and restriction bills have surfaced from Maine to Georgia. A federal framework of community protections would give localities leverage that currently exists only where they happen to control permits or tax abatements.

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