The Senate permit deal includes a mandate that data centers bear the grid infrastructure costs they generate, shifting burden from utilities to operators.

Cost externality elimination raises data center economic threshold; forces choice between premium-sited facilities (tied to grid with cost burden) and self-powered alternatives (nuclear, renewable, off-grid).

NewswireSlicast · September 30, 2026 at 17:53 UTC · US · Source: Bloomberg Law News

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