Energy and climateFinding
Iowa should require data centers to pay the full cost of new power plants built to serve them.
Iowa hosts several large data centers, and utilities are building new power supply to meet their demand. This would keep those costs from being spread to other customers.
Rob Sand
Sand said he would require data center developers to pay '100 percent' of costs associated with utility infrastructure upgrades and energy demand.
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