Gainesville Regional Utilities

Fact-checking Byron Donalds on new Florida data center law

PolitiFact fact-checked Byron Donalds' claim that Florida's new Senate Bill 484 ensures utility rates will not increase due to data centers. Experts explain that while the law directs the Florida Public Service Commission to ensure large data centers bear their own costs, it does not guarantee consumer rates won't rise. The law applies to four investor-owned utilities but excludes municipal and rural cooperative utilities, limiting its reach.