Heinrich on CNN: “Data Centers Have to Pay for Both the Electricity and for Any Grid Upgrades”

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Natural Resources Committee, discusses with CNN’s Jake Tapper his efforts to hold data centers accountable for the costs they impose on the electric grid and reports of a suspected plague exposure at a Russian research facility, October 7, 2026.