Trump Says Tech Giants Must Bear Cost of Data Center Electricity

President Donald Trump, addressing American voter concerns about rising electricity prices, said his administration had been in talks with Microsoft Corp. to ensure that consumers “don’t pick up the tab” for enormous data centers.

In a Truth Social post, he added that while the data centers “are key” to the artificial intelligence boom, the “big Technology Companies who build them must ‘pay their own way.’”

He said that Microsoft would make “major changes,” but was not specific. Power prices have risen above the pace of overall inflation, heightening complaints about the cost of energy and other essentials.

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