Data Centers

43-point platform includes regulation of data centers.

Pushing to unleash NE PA natural gas for AI data centers; said federal government needs to get "out of the way" of progress; backs cutting permit timelines and AI development tax zones; faces data-center backlash in his swing district.

Supports regulating data centers via binding agreements that protect residents from utility rate hikes and water-supply impacts.

Strongly opposes the rapid growth of data centers, arguing that they inflate energy costs, consume precious water resources, and support AI technologies that threaten to eliminate local jobs.

Cosponsor of Tonko's Power for the People Act; backs data-center regulation.

House Energy and Commerce chair; laid out ambitious AI policy agenda calling for federal permit reform, national priorities for connecting power facilities to grid, and a data privacy law; warns US must "double or triple electricity load growth by 2028" for AI data centers.

Stated on website "Pro: Regulating AI and Data Centers"

Supports a national moratorium on new data-center construction until environmental and cost safeguards exist.

Co-led the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act (Mar. 2026, with Sen. Sanders), halting new/upgraded data centers >=20 MW until federal safeguards exist; "We must choose humanity over profit." Source: sanders.senate.gov.

Roundtable prioritized expanding reliable energy infrastructure to power AI

Strongly supports datacenter regulation requiring each center to pay for its power supply or infrastructure requirements separate from community ratepayers.

Joined Congressman Ro Khanna to discuss data center regulation amid rising energy costs.

Self-described as a "[h]ard no on datacenters"; asserts that he will "never support the construction of data centers."

Strongly supports data centers bearing their own infrastructure costs; beleagues the "billions in data-center-driven transmission upgrade costs [that have] already fallen onto ratepayers."

Opposed amendment of the SPEED Act tht would limit datacenter permit revokation; supports rate payer legislation

Remains "angry...that energy providers continue to rake in huge sums of money while the regulators fail to regulate."

She states that data centers fundamentally "need to be paying their own way in Nevada" rather than taking advantage of tax breaks and that NV needs to look at the water usage of data centers.

Supports "responsible investment in data centers" that "creates...economic growth while ensuring companies pay their fair share."

Highlights that while "AI and data centers aren't going away," "powerful technology [should not] get a free pass because it's new." Raised concerns about the "strain" of datacenters on water and electricity.

Raised community concerns about data centers raising electricity prices but also acknowledged the need for compute infrastructure to win the AI race against China

Does not oppose data centers but opposes "giving away Nebraska's most precious resource"; wants mandatory water-efficient cooling technology; warns of bubble risk and extractive economic model leaving Nebraska with depleted aquifer and stranded grid; supports federal legislation requiring data centers to find independent power sources and reach 100% clean energy by 2040

Authored a bill SB 135 that requires data centers to submit reports to Indiana that incldues how much water and electricity each one used; says that "with a nearly 30% increase in data centers since March, we need to have proper checks in place for both grid and water supply integrity moving forward"

Calls for smart investments in AI infrastructure while also protecting rural Texans from projects that drive up electricity rates and drain water supplies

Warned that regulatory burdens on energy permitting are a self-inflicted barrier in the AI race with China; signed a letter to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy urging the Administration to incorporate silicon carbide into the AI Action Plan; a part of the effort to reduce AI's growing energy footprint with advanced semiconductor tech

Warns against permanent infrastructure monopolies controlled by a handful of firms and calls for antitrust enforcement and expanded public access to compute infrastructure; opposes concentrated private control of AI infrastructure

Supports data centers in Nebraska only if companies bring strong deals like local jobs, actual tech development, American ownership, no tax incentives; opposes "empty buildings full of servers controlled from out of state"

As Ranking Member on Natural Resources, Huffman became one of the most prominent House Democrats opposing the SPEED Act which sought to fast-track permitting for AI data centers and other energy infrastructure by weakening environmental review under NEPA; not opposed to building clean energy infrastructure

Supports "[f]ederal coordination to...make sure that costs don't fall on working families" as we "move deeper into the era of AI"; no outright approval or opposition.

Described data centers as an important component of a booming 'AI economy' to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette; also talked about data centers causing an increase in utilities and water.

Supports "innovation and investment" that could strengthen rural America, but emphasizes that the "AI data center boom" must "deliver local economic benefits without driving up utility costs."

While not against data centers or the moratorium on them, he believes that data centers do not align well with Northern Nevada's landscape and current resources; strongly against giving data centers tax breaks

Supports expanding datacenters "that create jobs—but with responsibility"; encourages fair taxation.

Pro-data-center expansion: chaired hearings titled "AI and the Grid: Meeting Growing Power Demand While Protecting Ratepayers" and authored bills (Electric Supply Chain Act H.R.3638; REFINER Act H.R.3109) to expand power for AI. Acknowledges concerns about data center energy costs but argues "data center load growth lessens retail electricity costs"; opposed to moratoriums; favors grid build-out and ratepayer protection without restricting build.

Positioned as broadly pro-development but navigating constituent backlash; CNBC coverage flagged him as one of four PA Republicans facing electoral risk over AI data centers.

Notes that "[s]ome Democrats...want to put limits on data centers and AI" but that "we need to explain why."

Supports data center development for jobs and energy needs but concerned about strain on Nebraska's aging power grid and rising energy costs for residents; wants to balance growth with responsibility

Says if data centers are going to expand in Illinois, they must pay their fair share for infrastructure and energy demand; opposed to policy that drives up cost; argues that infrastructure needs to grow in order to support innovation, strengthen national security, and compete with China