Renewable Energy Advocates Call for Clean Energy Use in Data Centers
With tech companies investing billions of dollars in constructing data centers, lawmakers across the country are working to legally compel data centers to use renewable energy. A pending bill in New York would require large data centers to meet renewable benchmarks by 2030 and obtain at least 90 percent of their electricity from renewables by 2040. Minnesota, Michigan, and Oregon passed regulations protecting their existing zero-carbon energy standards through 2040 while California, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Illinois are pursuing comparable measures. This convergence reflects growing concern that AI's power demands threaten state climate objectives. Major computing facilities consume energy…
