President Trump expands AI data center ‘ratepayer protection pledge’ to include state governors and utility companies — White House says this will make electricity more affordable

The White House says 23 governors and 187 utilities and data center firms have backed Trump’s pledge to protect ratepayers from AI data center costs.

The initiative is meant to stop rising power demand from data centers from pushing up household electricity bills.

The administration is expanding the effort even as utilities and grid operators report higher costs tied to data center growth.

Some states are weighing rules to make large power users pay a bigger share of those electricity costs.