Big Tech signs Trump pledge to cover their own AI energy costs

US President Donald Trump says AI data centers “need some PR help,” promising that tech giants will pay for their own power to run the energy-intensive projects.

US technology giants have signed a White House pledge to cover the power costs of their artificial intelligence data centers, which the Trump administration says will ensure consumers don’t pay higher utility bills.

The non-binding “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” was signed by Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI on Wednesday, promising the companies would “build, bring, or buy” the energy needed for building and operating data centers and not pass on costs to consumers.

“The data centers [...] They need some PR help,” US President Donald Trump said at a roundtable attended by government officials and representatives from Big Tech firms. 

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