Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held.
This bill orders a government study on liquid cooling systems for data centers that run artificial intelligence and other powerful computers. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) would review the technology, costs, and benefits, then the Department of Energy would follow up with its own recommendations. If this passes, no new regulations or spending programs are created; the government simply gathers information to help decide whether and how to adopt liquid cooling for federal facilities and data centers.
Data centers already use more than 4% of all U.S. electricity , a share that could triple by 2028 as artificial intelligence expands. This bill kicks off a government investigation into whether liquid cooling technology could dramatically cut that energy demand, potentially affecting electricity prices and grid reliability for everyone.