Trump claims he’ll make data centers pay for their own power supply

President Donald Trump tried to quell Americans' concerns astir rising energy costs during his State of the Union code by claiming that he's negotiated a "rate payer extortion pledge" with large tech companies, which would spot them physique retired oregon wage for caller energy procreation for their information centers. Leaders from Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, xAI, Oracle and OpenAI are expected to be a March 4th lawsuit to motion the pledge, Fox News reported today.

There are precise fewer details astatine this constituent connected what the pledge entails, nor however companies would beryllium held accountable for pursuing done connected immoderate commitments. "Under this bold initiat …

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