Florida Senator Ashley Moody voted on July 1, 2025 for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (roll call 372), which ends tax credits for wind and solar facilities placed in service after December 31, 2027, as data centers add record demand to the nation's grids; the Union of Concerned Scientists puts the wholesale power costs attributable to data center-driven demand growth at hundreds of billions of dollars from 2026 through 2035. In April 2026 she voted against requiring budget bills to lower home electricity bills.
Moody also voted against cutting off DOGE's funding in March 2025, and she voted to confirm the Veterans Affairs secretary under whom a DOGE AI tool flagged more than 2,000 contracts for cancellation and the Energy secretary whose coal-plant orders cite AI data center demand.
Ashley Moody's Votes and Confirmations on AI, DOGE and Data Centers
- Moody Cast a Deciding Vote to Cut Credits for New Power Supply as Data-Center Demand Surged. On July 1, 2025, Ashley Moody voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which passed 50-50 with the Vice President's tie-breaking vote and ends credits for any applicable facility placed in service after December 31, 2027 that uses wind or solar. The Union of Concerned Scientists puts the wholesale power costs attributable to data center-driven demand growth range from $411 billion to $524 billion from 2026 through 2035.
- Moody Voted Against Requiring Budget Bills to Lower Home Electricity Bills in April 2026. On April 23, 2026, Moody voted no on a motion to create a point of order against legislation that would not decrease home electricity bills; it failed 48-50. In February 2025 she had voted against a similar rule against legislation that would raise energy costs for Americans. Weeks later the PJM grid's independent market monitor reported that data-center-driven price impacts on customers have been very large and are not reversible, a finding for the PJM grid in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest that shows what fast data-center growth can do to customers' prices.
- Moody Voted Against Cutting Off Money for DOGE in March 2025. On March 14, 2025, Moody voted no on Senator Chris Van Hollen's amendment to prohibit the use of appropriated amounts by DOGE; it failed 48-52. DOGE went on to use AI across agencies: at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a DOGE operative was tasked with using artificial intelligence to rewrite the agency's rules and regulations, and at Social Security a whistleblower says a former DOGE employee copied the Social Security numbers, names and birthdays of over 300 million Americans into a cloud system without independent oversight, which the agency disputes.
- Moody Confirmed the Veterans Affairs Secretary Under Whom a DOGE AI Tool Flagged Contracts for Cancellation. On February 4, 2025, Moody voted to confirm Doug Collins as secretary of veterans affairs. ProPublica reported in June 2025 that the DOGE AI tool flagged more than 2,000 contracts at the VA for cancellation and that it hallucinated the size of contracts, frequently misreading them and inflating their value; canceled contracts included one to maintain a gene sequencing device used to develop better cancer treatments.
- Moody Confirmed the Energy Secretary Who Kept Coal Plants Open, Citing Data-Center Demand. On February 3, 2025, Moody voted to confirm Chris Wright as secretary of energy. His department's emergency orders to keep retiring coal plants running carry out an executive order that cited demand driven by rapid technological advancements, including the expansion of artificial intelligence data centers; IEEFA counted at least $300 million in extra costs through mid-May 2026 for ratepayers.
What Data Centers and the Policies Ashley Moody Backed Mean for Florida
- Social Security records. Florida has 5,161,992 Social Security beneficiaries, whose names, birth dates and Social Security numbers are among the records a whistleblower says a former DOGE employee copied the Social Security numbers, names and birthdays of over 300 million Americans into a cloud system without independent oversight; the agency disputes the account.
- Power supply and bills. Energy Innovation projects that, with fewer federal credits for new solar, Florida utilities will expand more slowly despite the AI data center demand increases, and that federal energy policy changes since January 2025 will raise Florida households' energy costs by an additional $69 billion.
Frequently Asked Questions About Ashley Moody on Artificial intelligence and data centers
What is Ashley Moody's record on artificial intelligence and data centers under Trump?
Ashley Moody cast one of the 50 votes for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which ends credits for new wind and solar projects as data centers drive record demand, and voted against requiring budget bills to lower home electricity bills. She voted against cutting off DOGE's funding and voted to confirm Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins, under whom a DOGE AI tool flagged VA contracts for cancellation, and Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who kept coal plants running, citing data-center demand.
How did Ashley Moody vote on DOGE?
Ashley Moody voted on March 14, 2025 against Senator Chris Van Hollen's amendment to prohibit the use of appropriated amounts by DOGE, which failed 48-52. At the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a DOGE operative was later tasked with using artificial intelligence to rewrite the agency's rules and regulations, Wired reported.
Are data centers raising electric bills?
Ashley Moody voted for the law that cuts credits for new wind and solar supply as data-center demand grows, and in the PJM grid region the independent market monitor says data-center price impacts on customers have been very large and are not reversible. For Florida, Energy Innovation projects slower utility expansion despite the AI data center demand increases; these are projections, not measured bill increases.
Last updated: 2026-10-25