Sen. Warren requests information from infrastructure investors on data center deals
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Dan Primack
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent letters to BlackRock, BlackRock, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and KKR requesting information on their data center deals. The move reflects growing political concern over data centers powering AI, rising energy prices, and private equity's involvement in the sector. Warren, ranking member on the Senate Banking Committee, is particularly interested in overlaps between ownership of data centers and utilities.
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· 3 pulledThere is growing political anxiety over data centers that underly the AI revolution, particularly as energy prices rise, and private equity's involvement pours populist fuel on the fire.
Warren, ranking member on the Senate Banking Committee, sent letters to BlackRock, Blackstone Group, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and KKR.
She's interested in overlaps between ownership of data centers and utilities.
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