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President Donald Trump said in a social media post Monday. microsoft As the company builds more data centers to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence, it plans to announce changes to help Americans avoid higher utility bills.
“I don’t want Americans to pay higher electricity bills because of data centers,” President Trump wrote in Truth Social. “That’s why my administration is working with America’s largest technology companies to ensure their commitment to the American people, and we will have much to announce in the coming weeks.”
Ahead of this year’s midterm elections, President Trump is looking for ways to lower prices for consumers as the effects of last year’s tariffs on U.S. imports ripple through the economy. In December, President Trump announced that he would give U.S. soldiers a $1,776 “warrior’s dividend.” Earlier this month, he called for the purchase of $200 billion in mortgage bonds in an effort to lower mortgage rates.
Meanwhile, big technology companies are rapidly building power-hungry data centers and telling Wall Street they will ramp up capital spending as the AI boom continues. Last week, Meta announced agreements with three nuclear power companies to build data centers in Ohio.
President Trump praised Microsoft’s efforts to control prices and suggested that other companies do the same.
“Starting with Microsoft, my team is working with us to make major changes starting this week to ensure Americans don’t ‘pick the buck’ for electricity consumption in the form of higher utility bills,” Trump wrote on Monday.
Microsoft did not respond to requests for comment.
CNBC reported in November that power companies, including in states with many data centers, increased electricity bills for U.S. consumers by 6% from a year earlier in August.
Microsoft pays close attention to the impact our data centers have on local residents.
“What we want you to know is that we’re doing everything we can, that we’re doing everything we can to get a handle on this, and that we’re successful, so you don’t have to pay more on your energy bill because we’re here,” Brad Smith, the company’s president and vice chairman, said at a town hall in September in Wisconsin, where Microsoft is building an AI data center.
While Microsoft is moving forward with construction of some facilities, the company withdrew its data center plans in Caledonia, Wisconsin, after receiving significant opposition to its efforts. The project was to be located 20 miles from the Mount Pleasant Village data center.
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