( October 9, 2026, 19:57 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: US Democratic Senators Elizabeth of Massachusetts, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut issued a report on their year-long investigation into data center development practices. The senators questioned Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and others about their energy cost-sharing policies, use of nondisclosure agreements and tax incentives. The companies "commit to paying for infrastructure that solely benefits them, but dispute how much they should pay for shared infrastructure that is paid for by all ratepayers but was only built to accommodate the data center,” the report says.Statement follows below. See attached file....
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