Trump implements a new plan for independent power supply of artificial intelligence data centers

In his annual address to Congress, US President Donald Trump tried to ease the concerns of the American public about rising electricity costs. He announced that major tech companies will soon sign a memorandum of understanding to personally pay the costs of powering their AI data centers and avoid straining the home power grid.

In his speech, Trump announced that the administration has told the tech giants that they have a responsibility to meet their energy needs. Fox News reports that top executives from companies such as Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, XAI, Oracle, and OpenAI will attend an event on March 4 to officially sign the “Bill Payer Support Agreement.”

Under this plan, major technology companies commit to independently build, buy or supply the energy resources needed for their new data centers, so that there is no pressure on home consumers.

Trump’s plan to curb the power consumption of artificial intelligence data centers

Artificial intelligence developers have already started working towards energy independence. For example, Meta has signed a 15-year deal to cover the capital costs of building three new gas-fired power plants in Louisiana for its largest data center.

However, for these promises to be implemented, companies must sign formal contracts with grid operators, or local regulatory bodies must establish new policies to ensure that these companies adhere to their commitments. Despite these efforts, some residents and consumer rights advocates are still concerned that the high demand for data centers will increase fuel and electricity prices.

In general, the energy supply of data centers faces many infrastructure challenges. While nuclear reactor technology is still in the development phase and years away from commercial operation, plans to build new fossil fuel power plants have also faced difficulties. Currently, the severe shortage of gas turbines in the global market has caused delays in connecting these new plants to the power grid, and technology companies must look for alternative solutions to overcome these obstacles.