A trio of data center bills filed in the Senate

The South Carolina Senate has introduced three new data center regulatory bills in response to concerns about the state's energy infrastructure costs driven up by commercial data centers. The most comprehensive bill, S.867, aims to address data centers of all sizes and create new regulatory oversight. Another bill, S.784, aims to remedy shortcomings from last year's energy legislation, while S.902 reverses ratepayer protections but also permits self-generation by data centers.