Episode 2098
Gov. Hochul Wants Tech Companies to Pay For Data Center Power Costs
WNYC science reporter Rosemary Misdary talks about what Gov. Hochul says she plans to do to reign in the electricity costs of new data centers for consumers.
March 6, 202626m 58s
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Show Notes
Data centers are booming and taking the blame for spiking power costs because of how energy intensive they are. Rosemary Misdary, WNYC and Gothamist science reporter, talks about what Gov. Hochul says she plans to do to reign in the costs to consumers.
Image: Data center infrastructure in the United States, November 2025 (DOE — NREL, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Topics
local_wnycstate_legislaturedata_centerspower_costsnyenergy_bills