Trump Announces Data Center ‘Rate Payer Protection Pledge’ at SOTU
Trump says his administration negotiated with large tech companies to produce their own energy for data centers.
WASHINGTON, Feb 25, 2026 – President Donald Trump briefly spoke about his administration's work negotiating a “Rate Payer Protection Pledge” during his State of the Union address on Tuesday.
This "pledge" will obligate tech companies to supply on-site energy for data centers to prevent rate hikes for consumers in the communities where they are located, according to the president.
“They can build their own power plants as part of their factory, so that no one’s prices will go up and in many cases, prices of electricity will go down for the community, and very substantially then,” Trump said. “This is a unique strategy, never been used in this country before."
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