Tech giants sign energy pledge at White House ahead of midterms


FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of an Amazon Web Services Data Center known as US East 1 in Ashburn, Virginia, U.S., October 20, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

March 4 (Reuters) - Google, Microsoft, ⁠Meta, Amazon and several artificial intelligence companies signed a pledge at the White House on Wednesday to bear the cost of new ⁠electricity generation to power their data centers.

The agreement is meant to help mitigate concerns that Big Tech's data centers are driving ‌up U.S. electricity costs for homes and small businesses at a time the administration of President Donald Trump is seeking to curb inflation.

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