Trump tells tech giants they must pay for their own AI data center power

President Trump announced during his State of the Union address that tech companies building data centers must cover their own electricity needs. He said he negotiated a "rate-payer protection pledge" requiring companies to build their own power plants so community electricity prices don't rise. The announcement comes as hyperscalers spend hundreds of billions on AI infrastructure, driving up US electricity demand. Some tech companies have already begun building off-grid power solutions. Trump did not name specific companies or detail the pledge's terms.

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