(Aside from the fact that it would take years to build the infrastructure they are talking about and the government will eat most of the costs to do it, in the end there is no specific penalties for companies to fail to comply meaning... this is just a stunt, a pre-midterm election stunt to pretend TrumpyBear is doing something when in fact, he isn't. There will be no help in the immediate future and with him promising to send MORE LNG abroad (foreign countries pay more than US companies can) (LNG fuels most of our power plants) it looks like prices are going to continue to rise for quite a while.)
from Politico
President Donald Trump joined leaders of several of the nation’s most powerful tech companies Wednesday in sending a message to cost-weary voters: The U.S. can win the artificial intelligence race without straining Americans’ wallets.
But the “ratepayer protection pledge” that Trump touted in the White House, alongside executives from companies including Amazon, Google and OpenAI, is unlikely to protect ordinary consumers from all of the electricity price increases driven by the rapid expansion of AI data centers, energy experts have told POLITICO. Trump’s effort to promote his energy-affordability message is also running up against the massive public attention focused on his war in Iran, a conflict that has inflamed concerns about the cost of living...
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