White House to rally utilities, data centers for AI power cost pledge, sources say
XLU•White House says broader group wants to join
"President Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge has been so impactful that additional stakeholders also want to sign it," a White House official told Reuters.
The new event is expected to broaden those commitments by bringing together electric utilities, companies that build and operate data centers on behalf of Big Tech, and governors of states leading the expansion of the power infrastructure needed to accommodate the expected surge in electricity demand, the people familiar with the plans said.
The White House has argued that the United States can win the global AI race only by rapidly expanding electricity generation and transmission, while maintaining that consumers should not bear the financial burden of that buildout. Administration officials have cast the initiative as an effort to reassure voters that AI investment and lower energy costs can coexist.
