DeSantis has better policy than rhetoric on data centers

Fears about data centers using too much electricity and water are overblown, the authors say.

Gov. DeSantis’s recent disparaging comments about data centers have left some in the media comparing him to Bernie Sanders, but luckily for Floridians the similarities aren’t much beyond hot air.

While Sanders has called for a moratorium on the building of new hyperscale data centers, DeSantis is backing legislation as part of his AI Bill of Rights that encourages data center development in the state while addressing major public concerns like electricity bills and transparency.

Florida’s SB 484 puts into place much of what DeSantis called for in the data center proposal packaged as part of his AI Bill of Rights, including provisions that protect Florida households from higher electricity bills and require companies building data centers to pay their own way when adding capacity and infrastructure to the grid. 

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