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Trump Says America's 'Old Grid' Can't Handle The Electricity Needed By Tech Giants: 'They Can Build Their Own Plant'
On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump said major technology companies should generate their own electricity for AI data centers to prevent higher power bills for consumers.

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Trump wants tech giants to power their own data centers
After Trump's SOTU, Hyperscalers Told to Build Their Own Power — Grid ETFs In Focus
Here’s a reality check on Trump’s AI pledge
Ordinary Americans are still on the hook for funding the U.S. data center boom — despite President Donald Trump’s promises Tuesday night and the tech industry’s pledges to shoulder more of the costs.

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I-TEAM: Data centers continue to move into region; President speaks on electricity pricing concerns
Big Tech companies to meet Trump at White House to sign pledge on data center power costs
White House to Host Big Tech After Pledge to Rein in Power Costs
The recent proliferation of giant data center projects — needed for the expansion of artificial intelligence technologies — has been met with increasing local and state protests over concerns of risin...

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Trump’s message for big tech with energy-hungry AI projects: Build your own power plants!
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Trump Admin Announces Largest Energy Loan in US History To Expand State Power Grids

Trump orders Big Tech to generate its own power for AI data centers — reveals new 'ratepayer protection pledge' to curb rising electricity prices in the US

Building upon his Social Truth post from last month, President Trump has formally asked the big tech players to build their own power plants. Data centers have been eating at the national grid,

Trump admin ramps up effort to revive coal industry as power demand surges

The Trump administration is looking to extend the useful life of coal-fired power plants to boost the nation's energy security amid rising demand from AI data centers.

Trump to announce electricity ‘rate payer protection pledges’ from Big Tech

President Trump, during his State of the Union address Tuesday night, is expected to announce agreements with Big Tech aimed at mitigating data centers’ impact on rising electricity prices. A White House official confirmed to The Hill that Trump is expected to unveil “rate payer protection pledges” under which companies would pay increased electricity
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Trump is taking aim at a power grid operator in a bid to bring electricity costs down

Trump is leaning on the country's largest power grid operator in a bid to bring down electricity prices.Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images The AI data center boom is driving up electricity prices. President Donald Trump is leaning on a power company to fix it.
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Trump, governors to push for power grid auction to lower energy costs

Jan. 16 (UPI) --The Trump administration, backed by a group of eastern-states' governors, are planning to ask the PJM Interconnection electric grid operator to hold an auction to help boost the power supply strained by data centers and lower prices for ...