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Lawmakers hear competing views on AI/data-center growth, energy demands and the need for state standards
Summary
Developers, utilities, environmental groups and public-interest organizations debated whether Connecticut should create reporting and efficiency rules for large AI/data centers; testimony covered grid capacity, water use, noise, backup generation and how costs should be allocated.
A lively debate over how Connecticut should regulate large-scale data centers and new AI computing facilities took center stage during the Energy & Technology Committee hearing.
Supporters of reporting and efficiency standards urged the committee to require quarterly disclosure of energy and water use and directed DEEP to set minimum energy- and water-efficiency standards for data centers (SB 1292). Environment and consumer groups said unchecked growth of large facilities can stress grid capacity, raise generation and system costs for all ratepayers, and concentrate…
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