Big Tech Signs Trump’s AI Energy Cost Pledge

Major technology companies including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Oracle, OpenAI and xAI signed President Trump’s new “Ratepayer Protection Pledge” at the White House, agreeing to fund the electricity generation and infrastructure needed for their AI data centers so that those costs aren’t passed on to American households. Trump said the effort aims to prevent rising energy bills as AI demand grows, though the agreement is voluntary and some critics say it may have limited enforcement..