Trump’s data centre power pledge draws scepticism from energy experts
24-07-2026 15:00 via thenextweb.com

Trump’s data centre power pledge draws scepticism from energy experts

On July 23, President Donald Trump stood in the White House and promised that electricity bills for American families would “actually come down,” even as power-hungry AI data centres spread across the grid. T he vehicle was an expanded version of the Ratepayer Protection Pledge, a voluntary scheme first unveiled in March. What energy analysts […]
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