Economy

California Lawmakers Strike a Data-Center Power Deal With a Carve-Out for Utilities

The California state capitol dome beside a data-center server rack silhouette, dusk
TL;DR

The LA Times calls it consumer protection winning; buried in the deal is a clause letting a utility cut its own side agreement with a data center before state rules exist.

MSM Perspective

The Los Angeles Times frames Friday's compromise as Sacramento reining in a runaway industry, giving the interim-agreement carve-out one paragraph near the story's end.

X Perspective

Energy-policy accounts are quiet on the carve-out itself, leaving the only sustained pushback to a single advocate's on-record quote rather than a viral thread.

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The Wire — August 29