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President Donald Trump said successful a societal media station connected Monday that Microsoft volition denote changes to guarantee that Americans won't spot rising inferior bills arsenic the institution builds much information centers to conscionable rising artificial quality demand.
"I ne'er privation Americans to wage higher Electricity bills due to the fact that of Data Centers," Trump wrote connected Truth Social. "Therefore, my Administration is moving with large American Technology Companies to unafraid their committedness to the American People, and we volition person overmuch to denote successful the coming weeks."
Ahead of this year's midterm elections, President Trump is trying to find ways to little prices for consumers, arsenic the effects of tariffs helium imposed past twelvemonth connected goods imported to the U.S. ripple crossed the economy. In December, Trump announced a $1,776 "warrior dividend" for U.S soldiers. Earlier this period helium demanded the purchase of $200 cardinal successful owe bonds with the anticipation of reducing owe rates.
Meanwhile, the biggest tech companies are rapidly constructing power-hungry information centers and telling Wall Street that they'll beryllium bolstering their superior expenditures arsenic the AI roar continues. Last week Meta announced agreements with 3 atomic powerfulness companies for a information halfway successful Ohio.
Trump congratulated Microsoft connected its efforts to support prices successful check, suggesting that different companies volition marque akin commitments.
"First up is Microsoft, who my squad has been moving with, and which volition marque large changes opening this week to guarantee that Americans don't 'pick up the tab' for their POWER consumption, successful the signifier of paying higher Utility bills," Trump wrote connected Monday.
Microsoft didn't instantly respond to a petition for comment.
Utilities charged U.S. consumers 6% more for energy successful August from a twelvemonth earlier, including successful states with galore information centers, CNBC reported successful November.
Microsoft is paying adjacent to attraction to the interaction of its information centers connected section residents.
"I conscionable privation you to cognize we are doing everything we can, and I judge we're succeeding, successful managing this contented well, truthful that you each don't person to wage much for energy due to the fact that of our presence," Brad Smith, the company's president and vice chair, said astatine a September municipality hallway gathering successful Wisconsin, wherever Microsoft is gathering an AI information center.
While Microsoft is moving guardant with immoderate facilities, the institution withdrew plans for a information halfway successful Caledonia, Wisconsin, amid loud opposition to its efforts there. The task would would person been located 20 miles distant from a information halfway successful the colony of Mount Pleasant.
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