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The Florida Senate Committee on Regulated Industries voted 8-0 to advance bills that would require the Public Service Commission to establish minimum rate requirements to protect utility customers from increased costs due to data center power usage. Concerns were raised by an Associated Industries of Florida representative regarding potential development hurdles for new data centers. Jon Brown of DCIP Group, developing a 2-million-square-foot data center in DeSoto County, requested exemptions for self-powered facilities.