伊利诺伊州要求新建大型数据中心支付高达100万美元的保证金，以保护消费者免受项目失败的影响。 Illinois requires up to $1M security deposits for new large data centers to protect consumers from failed projects.

伊利诺伊州监管机构批准了新大型数据中心项目更高的保证金,要求支付最高100万美元的基本款项和根据电力需求额外费用,以保护住宅和小企业客户免受基础设施成本的影响.如果项目失败或表现不佳的话. Illinois regulators approved higher security deposits for new large data center projects, requiring up to $1 million base payments and additional fees based on power needs, to shield residential and small business customers from infrastructure costs if projects fail or underperform. 据了解,数据中心需求激增,75多个项目正在进行中,可能会使该地区的峰值负载增加一倍. The move, affecting only new facilities, aims to prevent ratepayers from bearing stranded costs as data centers drive surging demand, with over 75 projects in pipeline potentially doubling the region’s peak load. 宾夕法尼亚州也正在进行类似的努力, 在此解决方案中要求数据中心自己支付升级费用并保护消费者免受上的账单的影响, 而俄俄州则面临着对其自己的数据中心关税的法律挑战. Similar efforts are underway in Pennsylvania, where a settlement would require data centers to pay for their own upgrades and protect consumers from rising bills, while Ohio faces legal challenges over its own data center tariffs.