The White House is pushing major tech firms to generate their own power as AI data center expansion accelerates.
Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, xAI, Oracle and OpenAI are set to sign President Donald Trump’s “Rate Payer Protection Pledge” at the White House on March 4th, Fox News reports.
Under the pledge, participating companies will agree to source their own power supply for new AI data centers rather than rely on the existing grid.
White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers says that the initiative is designed to prevent electricity costs from rising for American households as AI infrastructure scales.
“Under this bold initiative, these massive companies will build, bring, or buy their own power supply for new AI data centers, ensuring that Americans’ electricity bills will not increase as demand grows.”
During Trump’s State of the Union speech, Trump said the policy is both a competitiveness and consumer protection measure.
“We’re telling the major tech companies that they have the obligation to provide for their own power needs. We have an old grid. It could never handle the kind of numbers, the amount of electricity that’s needed. They can build their own plant. They’re going to produce their own electricity.”
The administration has emphasized AI dominance as a national priority while acknowledging mounting concern that large-scale data center buildouts could strain power markets.
The March 4th event is expected to include Trump, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Last week, billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya said that data center projects are facing community pushback after 25 initiatives were canceled last year, up from just 6 in 2024. He noted that opposition is bipartisan, driven by rising electricity costs for local residents.
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