“Let's make sure that you only put them where people want them. If you're a community that doesn't want them, that should be decided at the local level. The federal government shouldn't tell you whether you have one or you don't have one. … I have a bill pending in Congress that would require data centers to pay for all of the electricity generation and infrastructure, saving the local and state rate payers a bunch of money because the data centers will pay for the cost, not them. It passed the House. 417 to 3, 206 Democrats voted for it.”

That Yeah, well, in every interview I do, I remind people that this interview would not be possible without a data center. If you use your mobile phone, you're using a data center. You watch streaming, you're using a data center. So they're part of our daily lives. But the deal is, let's make sure that you only put them where people want them. If you're a community that doesn't want them, that should be decided at the local level. The federal government shouldn't tell you whether you have one or you don't have one. But the one thing that extends beyond the community is electric prices, okay? I had a bill. I have a bill pending in Congress that would require data centers to pay for all of the electricity generation and infrastructure, saving the local and state rate payers a bunch of money because the data centers will pay for the cost, not them. It passed the House. 417 to 3, 206 Democrats voted for it. But when it got back over to the Senate, Chuck Schumer blocked it. He blocked the bill that I had to require this because, frankly, Sherrod Brown.