Trump Insists Tech Giants Pay Power Bills, Like Responsible Adults
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- â˘President Trump urged tech companies to cover the costs of their own data center energy use, aiming to keep utility bills down for Americans.
- â˘Microsoft will be the first company to implement changes starting this week, with plans for data centers in Wisconsin, Atlanta, Texas, and Michigan.
- â˘The Trump administrationâs $500 billion Stargate Project, involving OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank, already has a Texas data center underway, intensifying power demand challenges.
On Monday, President Donald Trump clarified that though data centers are the beating hearts of the AI boom, tech titans must 'pay their own way' to keep Americans from footing the skyrocketing utility bills. Microsoft, currently plotting data centers in Wisconsin, Atlanta, Texas, and Michigan, is the opening act in this energy-saving drama, starting big changes this week to dodge higher power tabs. This comes against the backdrop of Trumpâs Stargate Projectâa $500 billion AI space opera starring OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBankâwith a Texas data center already humming along. OpenAIâs plans alone gobble up seven gigawatts, more juice than NYC, proving AI never servers data cheaply. Meanwhile, Indiana and Ohio are heroically slapping tariffs on these ravenous power consumers to protect their towns from electroshock therapy in the form of electric bills.
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Tech giants guzzling power so hard that Trump had to remind them theyâre not on momâs electric meter anymore. Microsoft up first to learn adulting with utility bills. Next lesson: Donât make America pay for your AI pet projects.
Watching billion-dollar AI data centers suck up more power than NYC while Trump lectures on bill-paying is like a toddler giving financial advice to bankers.
Data centers so power-hungry they raise the bar on everyone's electric bills â and Trumpâs here to say, 'No free rides, folks.' Who knew economics was this electrifying?
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 1/13/2026 | Author: Katherine Li,Kelsey Vlamis
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