The agreement aims to shift that cost in communities with new data centers directly to the centers' companies. He added that Big Tech companies are "happy" to foot the bill for data centers because it will allow them to continue to function and grow. Contradicting numbersThe environmental advocacy group Climate Power published a report Thursday that counters the president's promises of lowered electricity costs for consumers. Just before it passed, 52-0, the committee narrowed the scope of the bill to focus specifically on data centers. Last week, New York became the first state to impose a ban on AI data centers.