Watch live: Trump hosts roundtable with tech companies on ratepayer protection pledge
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The Verge B Mar 5, 12:17 AM
Seven tech giants signed Trump’s pledge to keep electricity costs from spiking around data centers
Trump summoned tech leaders to the White House on Wednesday, March 4, 2026 to sign pledges committing their companies to foot the electricity bill for energy-hungry data centers. | Photo: Getty Image
New York Times A Mar 4, 10:25 PM
Trump Announces A.I. Industry Pledge to Pay for Power
Companies including Google, Microsoft and OpenAI committed to pay for the power plants and grid upgrades needed to run their data centers.
New York Times A Mar 4, 8:53 PM
Why Data Center Firms Are Working With Trump on Energy Costs
The White House has floated a new plan to try to ease voter concerns over the A.I. boom’s effect on electric bills. But it won’t be easy to put into practice.
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The Hill B Mar 4, 7:21 PM
Watch live: Trump hosts roundtable with tech companies on ratepayer protection pledge
President Trump will welcome executives from major tech companies to the White House on Wednesday afternoon to sign his ratepayer protection pledge. “President Trump’s ratepayer protection pledge will
The Hill B Mar 4, 7:08 PM
Trump to host roundtable on future of college sports
President Trump will host a number of top executives in the business of college and professional sports for a meeting focused on improving college athletics. The meeting, which was confirmed by The Hi
The Hill B Mar 4, 10:10 PM
Trump signs agreement with Big Tech to cover data center electricity costs
President Trump and major tech firms announced an agreement Wednesday to have Big Tech companies cover the cost of the electricity they consume as development of artificial intelligence shows no signs
Axios A Mar 4, 9:30 PM
Trump's AI pledge: Tech giants say they can contain power costs
President Trump and tech CEOs expressed confidence Wednesday that they can contain soaring electricity rates with a new data center pledge that formalizes and expands on what companies already are doi
The Hill B Mar 4, 11:15 PM
Trump details Big Tech electric price pledge
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump shares details of Big Tech power price pacts President Trump and major tech firms announced an agreement Wednesday aimed at ma
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Just the News C Mar 4, 12:00 AM
Watch Live: Trump hosts roundtable on Ratepayer Protection Pledge
The event begins shortly after 3 p.m. Eastern.
Breitbart D Mar 4, 10:55 PM
Trump: Electricity Prices in Many Communities with Data Centers Will Come Down Under Ratepayer Protection Pledge
President Donald Trump said that electricity prices in communities where tech companies are building data centers will not rise, and in many cases will come down thanks to his Ratepayer Protection Ple
Just the News C Mar 4, 12:00 AM
Trump announces Big Tech signed pledge to cover data center electricity costs
The White House said Google, Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, xAI, OpenAI, and Amazon have agreed to sign onto the “Ratepayer Protection Pledge."
Washington Times C Mar 4, 9:34 PM
Tech companies pledge at White House event to bear costs of data centers
The leaders of several major tech companies met with President Trump at the White House on Wednesday to finalize a pledge to protect Americans from rising electricity bills tied to the power demand of
Just the News C Mar 4, 12:00 AM
House panel halts bills tied to data center power costs
The legislation would require regulators to examine whether customers that are not high-load users could be subsidizing transmission, generation or distribution costs tied to facilities such as large