A family can use less air conditioning, switch off lights, and cut its electricity use. Those efforts mean less if its utility bill also includes the cost of serving a new data center.

Republicans should insist that companies bear the risks of their own investments. Paying an electric bill is not an agreement to invest in a data center or cover its losses. Supporting American artificial intelligence does not require putting other utility customers on the hook.

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