He noted an individual hyperscale data center could consume about 1.5% of the power sold in the state. They’ve been floated as a possible solution to the energy demands posed by data centers, because the data center energy source could be located on site. Meanwhile, Stroud discussed the Democratic data center bill, which would establish a separate customer class for data centers under the state’s utility law. The Republican data center bill, on the other hand, recently cleared the state Assembly and was sent to the Senate. Also this week, the village of DeForest issued a statement that staff determined a $12 billion data center proposal from QTS was “not feasible.”Watch the video and see more on data center impacts in a recent story.