Rohan Paul@rohanpaul_ai · X美国国会正在推进《Ratepayer Protection Act》，要求AI数据中心开发商承担新建电厂、输电线路和电网升级费用，而非转嫁给普通电力用户。法案鼓励各州设立“大负荷标准”，将高耗电数据中心单独分类，通过特殊关税、押金、担保或合同预先收费，防止普通家庭和企业补贴此类基础设施。科技公司此前已签署白宫承诺覆盖数据中心能源及输送基础设施，但该法案为各州提供了正式执行路径。这是首个将AI物理能耗成本内部化的联邦举措，可能使数据中心选址更侧重供电能力而非廉价土地。
US Congress is moving a Ratepayer Protection Act that would make AI data center builders， not ordinary electricity customers， pay for the new power plants， transmission lines， and grid upgrades their projects require.
The bill pushes states to create a large-load standard， meaning a data center that creates a huge new electricity burden can be put in a separate rate category and charged upfront， through special tariffs， deposits， guarantees， or contracts， so normal homes and businesses do not subsidize the infrastructure built mainly for that data center.
Tech firms already signed a White House pledge to cover new energy and delivery infrastructure for data centers， but this bill would give states a formal path to enforce that idea.