Texas data-center permitting raises air-pollution oversight questions
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality permitting and enforcement oversight for data-center power infrastructure. Who can act: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality permitting and enforcement oversight for data-center power infrastructure
Who can act: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
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5 bills on this issue are moving right now — and the most active one is HR6529: Protecting Families from AI Data Center Energy Costs Act.
HR6529 · 119th Congress
Protecting Families from AI Data Center Energy Costs Act
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This story is about Texas data-center permitting raises air-pollution oversight questions. This bill would require FERC, the federal agency that oversees parts of the electric grid
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