‘Maybe a handshake deal’: Trump’s AI pledge still thin on details

Even Republican lawmakers said they want more details about how the administration plans to rein in energy costs.

Donald Trump used his State of the Union Tuesday to tout a plan for tech companies to pay their own way for data center power. But details remain scarce more than a day later. | Illustration by Jade Cuevas/POLITICO (source images via AP and Getty Images)

The Trump administration is ramping up the sales pitch for its plan to shield Americans from data centers’ energy costs.

Still unclear: what exactly the administration is selling.

A day after President Donald Trump touted his proposal in the State of the Union, and a week before tech companies are expected to flock to the White House for a signing ceremony, even some Republicans pushing to prevent the AI boom from driving up electricity costs said they were still asking the administration for details. Companies including Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Meta and OpenAI were also silent on the specifics.

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