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WAND | AI companies could have to be entirely powered by renewable energy under IL plan
With lawmakers facing a new challenge in data centers and AI requiring record levels of power, the plan would force those companies to produce 100% of the power required for the new technologies.
The energy would have to be renewable only and does not count nuclear energy. […]
The House bill has not been assigned to a committee yet, but the Senate bill has been assigned to the Energy and Public Utilities committee, where lawmakers could talk about it in the coming weeks.
