The US Senate voted 73-25 to support the debate on a bipartisan bill to accelerate permits for infrastructure and energy projects. The initiative is supported by President Donald Trump. The vote opens the way for discussion of the document, but does not yet mean the adoption of new rules.
A separate provision concerns data center operators: the bill requires them to pay for the modernization of the power grids, which is necessary to operate such facilities. The initiative combines accelerated construction permits with the requirement to pay for the load on the energy grid. For companies developing computing power, it's a matter of direct costs.
If the Senate finally approves the bill, it will be sent to the House of Representatives. Only after another passage of the legislative procedure can the expected provisions become law. In the meantime, the Senate agreed to begin the debate, but the dispute over the pace of construction and the distribution of the costs of the electricity grid remained open.