Utility companies are promising to spare us from AI’s energy bill
Major US utility companies and data center developers have signed a voluntary pledge to protect consumers from rising electricity costs driven by AI infrastructure. However, critics argue the pledge is non-binding and lacks enforcement mechanisms.
In the face of backlash to concerns the AI boom will increase consumer electricity bills, the largest utility companies and data center developers in the US are now promising to do something about it. The Wall Street Journal reports that nearly 200 organizations have signed President Donald Trump’s “rate payer protection pledge” that’s meant to safeguard consumers from footing the AI bill.
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