Trump says large data centers must generate their own power and pay cash dividends to communities
In a Truth Social post, Trump said large new data centers must generate their own power and pay cash "dividends" to their host communities. The closest existing commitment is the Ratepayer Protection Pledge signed in March this year by Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle and xAI, under which signatories pledged to build or purchase generating capacity and bear infrastructure upgrade costs, but experts believe the pledge may not be enforceable at the federal level. Trump said some projects that were initially highly unpopular became popular after financial agreements were reached, and the dividend proposal goes further than those pledges.
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Trump's demand that large data centers generate their own power and pay cash dividends to communities can be compared with the pledges signed by several tech companies in March this year.
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President Trump just posted on Truth Social.
says large new data centers must generate their own electricity and pay host communities a cash “dividend.”
The closest existing commitment is the Ratepayer Protection Pledge, which Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle and xAI signed in March.
Signers promised to build or buy new generation and cover infrastructure upgrades, but experts said the pledge is likely unenforceable at the federal level. renewableenergyworld
The dividend proposal goes further, because Trump said projects that were highly unpopular became popular once a financial deal was struck.