Senator presses officials on backup-generator rules and federal permitting to keep data-center investments in Arkansas At a federal hearing, an unnamed senator asked witnesses how EPA and federal permitting reform can allow emergency backup generators during storms and provide predictable, technology-neutral permitting to attract data centers and manufacturers to Arkansas.

A senator is pushing for flexible backup generator rules and federal reforms to keep Arkansas at the forefront of data center investments after recent winter storms revealed vulnerabilities in the power grid.

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