Tech bills of the week: Overseeing algorithm-set rental prices; and halting federal overreach in data center construction
Two pieces of legislation introduced this week take aim at algorithmic rent pricing and federal influence over data center construction. The bills reflect growing congressional attention to how automated systems and government power shape housing costs and digital infrastructure.
Why this matters: Algorithmic rent pricing is not abstract. It means software coordinates price signals across landlords in ways that can push rents up without any single person making that call. Regulators have struggled to treat that as illegal. A bill targeting it would force the question of who is actually responsible when an algorithm prices people out of housing. The data center bill is a different kind of fight, about whether Washington can steer where the physical backbone of the internet gets built. Both bills are early-stage, but the problems they name are real.
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