Bipartisan senators demand mandatory data center energy reporting
sens. warren and hawley urge the energy information administration to mandate annual energy-use disclosures for data centers.
Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) sent a letter to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) urging the agency to collect comprehensive, annual data on data center energy consumption. The senators specifically called for mandatory reporting to support grid planning, contrasting the EIA's recent announcement of a voluntary pilot program limited to Texas, Northern Virginia, and Washington, DC. This political pressure follows a Pew Research Center survey indicating 43% of Americans blame data centers for rising utility bills.