House Lawmakers Convene Energy-Focused Hearing on AI/Data Center Usage
Summary
On June 4, 2024, the House E&C Committee convened a hearing to explore key considerations of electricity demand growth, including from increasing data center and AI usage. During the hearing, Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan (R-SC) called for enactment of the Atomic Energy Advancement Act (H.R. 6544) to help deploy more nuclear energy, while Ranking Member Diana DeGette (D-CO) outlined the overarching need to make it easier to build power generation and batteries to connect resources to the grid. Akin’s full summary of the hearing is available here.
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