<div id="readability-page-1"><figure>  <img src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/gettyimages-2243421675.jpg/query-Y3JvcD0wLDAsMTAwLDEwMCZxdWFsaXR5PTkwJnN0cmlwPWFsbA?x-oss-process=image/auto-orient,1/interlace,1/resize,w_1440,h_1440/quality,q_95/format,jpg" width="4000" height="2667" original-src="https://imageproxy.pbkrs.com/https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/12/gettyimages-2243421675.jpg/query-Y3JvcD0wLDAsMTAwLDEwMCZxdWFsaXR5PTkwJnN0cmlwPWFsbA"/>  <figcaption>  A Meta data center in Ashburn, Virginia. | Photo: Getty Images </figcaption> </figure> <p>Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) fired off a letter on Tuesday to Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and several major data center developers to investigate the impact they're having on Americans' utility bills.</p> <p>The move comes as rising electricity rates became an increasingly hot-button issue in the US, which has far more data centers than any other country in the world and has seen waves of local opposition to these facilities as a result. Power demand is suddenly increasing after more than a decade without much change, due in large part to new data centers that underpin the generative AI …</p> <p>Read the full story at The Verge.</p></div>

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<p>民主党参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦、克里斯·范霍伦和理查德·布卢门撒尔已致信谷歌、微软、亚马逊和 Meta 等主要科技公司，以及数据中心开发商，调查数据中心对美国人电费的影响。这一调查是在电价上涨和地方对数据中心的反对声中提出的，数据中心正在加剧美国的电力需求</p>

Democratic lawmakers are investigating data centers’ impact on electricity costs

- 三位参议员致信谷歌、微软、亚马逊和 Meta，要求调查数据中心对电费的影响。  
- 此举因美国电费上涨问题日益严重，许多地方对数据中心表示反对。  
- 数据中心数量庞大，新建中心推动电力需求激增，产生了新的挑战。

民主党立法者正在调查数据中心对电力成本的影响