Some top lawmakers in the U.S. Senate have asked the Trump Administration to put protections in place to ensure Big Tech companies don’t cause an energy crisis using artificial intelligence data centers.

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, and Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal, along with two others, penned a letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, about the issue.

In a letter obtained by WBAL Newsradio, the senators claim that rising energy prices are due to “sweetheart deals” from the Trump Administration to Big Tech.

Data centers require more energy and are used to power AI and other technology businesses.

In Maryland, the use of power for data centers has b

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