"I never want Americans to pay higher electricity bills because of datacenters."
"In the coming years, America's reindustrialization and the AI race will require a significantly larger supply of around-the-clock, reliable, and uninterrupted power,"
The Trump administration is pressing major technology companies to assume greater responsibility for the electricity consumed by large AI datacenters to prevent higher household power bills. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum met with mid‑Atlantic governors to urge PJM Interconnection to hold an emergency auction to address increasing demand tied to datacenter growth, with estimated costs around $15 billion. PJM contains the highest U.S. concentration of datacenters, many exceeding 100 megawatts as firms plan multi‑gigawatt campuses. A Senate probe has scrutinized rising consumer rates, and the proposal would secure new baseload generation under 15‑year contracts funded by tech firms.
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