MAGA's Mace wants to make power bills great again, calls for datacenter moratorium
Nancy Mace, a Republican gubernatorial candidate in South Carolina, has called for a one-year moratorium on new datacenter projects. She argues that the expansion of datacenters is driving up energy demand and increasing power bills for residents. Mace aims to implement regulations to ensure that future datacenter projects do not burden local families and businesses with higher electricity costs.
- ▪Nancy Mace has proposed a one-year moratorium on new datacenter projects in South Carolina.
- ▪She believes that datacenters are causing energy demand to rise and increasing power bills for residents.
- ▪Mace has expressed concerns about the potential for corporate welfare in legislation regulating datacenter development.
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