Trump pushes the new AI power policy again: requiring large data centers to build their own power supplies, promising a “drastic drop” in electricity prices

The Zhitong Finance App learned that US President Trump called on large US data centers to generate their own electricity, once again pushing technology companies to pay for the power generation capacity needed to support the expansion of AI infrastructure.

Trump wrote on Truth Social: “As President of the United States, I have been closely watching data centers and have come to a very firm conclusion. I'm asking new, large, and some even giant data centers to generate their own electricity and give back or sell the excess power to the local community or grid.” He added that this approach is expected to lead to a “drastic drop” in electricity prices.

Trump also urged tech companies to provide financial incentives to communities hosting data centers, saying residents could get dividends from these projects.

Trump wrote, “If companies want to make their data centers popular, they pay a 'dividend' to the community and/or individuals within the community.” He said that some initially unpopular projects received support after the company reached a financial agreement with the local community.

Trump added, “Make a deal and build them!!! It's great for America.”

This statement comes at a time when demand for electricity in AI data centers is rising and outsiders are worried about rising electricity bills. The government is pushing technology companies to bear the costs of additional power generation and grid upgrades.

On March 4, the Trump administration launched the “Taxpayer Protection Pledge,” according to which Amazon (AMZN.US), Alphabet's Google (GOOGL.US), Meta Platforms (META.US), Microsoft (MSFT.US), ORCL.US (ORCL.US), OpenAI, and xAI agreed to build, introduce, or buy new generation capacity and bear the costs of upgrading the power infrastructure required for their data centers, rather than passing these costs on to home users.