Forty-three senators voted against legislation aimed at lowering electricity costs associated with data centers on Wednesday. The measure failed to receive unanimous support, with 57 senators voting yes and 43 voting no. The opposition included 41 Democrats and two independent senators who caucus with Democrats, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Angus King of Maine.
The 57 senators voting yes included 49 Republicans and eight Democrats: Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Jon Ossoff of Georgia, Raphael Warnock of Georgia, and others listed in the Senate roll call. The vote comes amid growing debate in Washington over the rapidly increasing electricity demand associated with large-scale data centers and the costs that may be borne by utilities and electricity customers. The Senate roll-call record identifies the vote by senator and position but does not, by itself, establish each senator’s reason for voting yes or no.
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