7 tech companies commit to protect consumers from rising electricity prices

President Donald Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge was announced during his State of the Union address and is intended to alleviate the burden of AI-related infrastructure costs.

Big tech hyperscalers including Amazon, xAI, Oracle, Microsoft, Meta, Google and OpenAI are signing President Donald Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge on Wednesday, part of the administration’s effort to address affordability issues associated with rising electricity costs stemming from artificial intelligence. 

A White House official confirmed that the pledge functions as a commitment from major companies to not only offset rising utility costs from data centers handling large volumes of AI compute, but also as a promise to hire and train talent from within communities where data centers are located and operated. 

“President Trump is ensuring the data center boom is leveraged to address affordability and benefit all American households and businesses,” the official said. “The Ratepayer Protection Pledge will contribute to ...