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Poll: Data Center Companies Should Pay for Power System Upgrades
The poll found 66% of registered voters want data center companies to cover grid costs, while 14% favor sharing the burden.
- A new poll from The Center Square Voters Voice Poll reveals that 66% of voters believe companies operating data centers should pay for electric grid upgrades needed to support their operations.
- President Donald Trump launched the Ratepayer Protection Pledge in 2025, securing commitments from Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Google, and OpenAI to fund new electricity generation and grid infrastructure for data centers.
- The U.S. House passed the Ratepayer Protection Act in September nearly unanimously, but the Senate rejected the bill on a 57-43 vote, preventing rules requiring commissioners to "commence consideration" of protections.
- Beyond the majority support, 14% of registered voters favor sharing costs between companies and the public, while 8% believe taxpayers should pay and 6% think all electricity customers should bear the burden.
- Conducted from Oct. 5-7 by Noble Predictive Insights, the survey polled 2,527 registered voters comprised of 1,011 Republicans, 1,011 Democrats, and 505 Independents, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.95%.
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Poll: Data center companies should pay for power system upgrades - Regional Media News
(The Center Square) - Companies operating data centers should be the ones that pay for upgrades to the electric grid, most voters say according to a new poll. The Center Square Voters' Voice Poll found that 66% of voters believe that data center companies should [...]
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A national survey in the United States found that two out of three voters consider that data center companies should pay for the additional energy and infrastructure improvements required by their facilities. The result is known in the midst of a political debate on how to prevent the costs of growing demand from falling to households and other electricity users.
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