WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and a bipartisan group of governors are taking aim at power shortages and price spikes from data centers for artificial intelligence. Trump administration officials on Friday cast the effort as part of its bid to win the artificial intelligence race against China, and rising electric bills are a concern for voters. They’re trying to pressure the operator of the mid-Atlantic power grid to get tech companies to bid on contracts to build new power plants. Consumer advocates say ratepayers in the grid — which stretches from New Jersey to Illinois — are paying billions of dollars in higher bills to underwrite the cost to supply power to data centers.
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