New US Bill Targets Carbon Emissions From Bitcoin Mining and AI Data Centers

US Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and John Fetterman have introduced the Clean Cloud Act of 2025. The bill aims to reduce carbon emissions from energy-intensive crypto-mining operations and artificial intelligence data centers. This comes at a time when Bitcoin miners are increasingly moving towards renewable energy sources to power their operations. Clean Cloud Act Links Rising Energy Demand to Bitcoin Mining According to the bill, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would have the authority to set annual carbon performance standards for facilities with over 100 kilowatts of installed IT power source: https://beincrypto.com/new-bill-pushes-bitcoin-miners-to-invest-clean-energy/