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Senators scrutinize role of Big Tech in rising electric bills
Los Angeles Times
|December 19, 2025
Three Democratic U.S. senators opened an investigation into how data centers are driving up monthly consumer power bills by sending letters demanding answers to seven firms developing the facilities, including Alphabet Inc.'s Google, Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc.
"On top of failing to pay their fair share of their electricity rates, tech companies regularly hide as much information as possible from the communities in which their data centers will be built," wrote Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut.
The letters, dated Monday, were also sent to executives of Meta Platforms Inc., CoreWeave, Digital Realty and Equinix.
This story is from the December 19, 2025 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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