White House targets AI-driven power costs as energy demand surges
The White House is organizing a summit to bring together electric utility executives, data center developers, and state governors.
Trump administration aims for a voluntary pledge designed to ensure rapid growth in electricity demand from AI does not drive up power bills for households and businesses.
A dedicated event to announce the initiative is expected in the coming weeks, with several companies taking part and vowing to protect current ratepayers from shouldering all the costs of AI expansion.
The guest list is still being finalized, the sources said.
Earlier this year, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI,........
