Trump Seeks Vows From Tech Firms to Cover Data Center Costs (1)

President Donald Trumpis set to highlight his administration’s efforts to ensure that technology companies’ buildout of energy-hungry data centers won’t raise electricity prices and cause other burdens for consumers.

Trump is expected to reference the plan during his State of the Union address Tuesday night — one of many announcements he plans to make related to the economy, a White House official said.

As part of the effort, Trump administration officials have been pressing technology executives to sign non-binding compacts vowing their companies would cover the cost of power supplies and other necessary infrastructure to support their data center ...