Community roundtables and listening sessions beginning in late August will give residents an opportunity to share their priorities and inform the city’s proposed standards for data centers.

Artificial intelligence and its growing demand for data centers are putting new pressure on California’s electric grid. In San Jose, supporters see jobs and investment, but a key ratepayer advocate worries customers could end up paying for upgrades.

Most plans to regulate data centers died in the state’s Legislature this year, despite a nationwide backlash. Two surviving bills aim to promote disclosure of energy and water use.

A spate of new bills in California and other states would protect consumers from electricity rate hikes that subsidize data centers.