The Trump administration has joined forces with prominent Democratic governors to pressure a major regional power grid operator, as per The Hill, signaling a significant shift in how the White House views the rapid expansion of AI infrastructure. President Trump’s administration teamed up with Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D), Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D), and then-Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) to address the soaring electricity costs linked to power-hungry AI data centers. He posted on Truth Social that while Data Centers are “key to that boom,” the big technology companies that build them must “‘pay their own way. Microsoft announced a new “community first” AI infrastructure plan, making a commitment to “pay our own way” to ensure their data centers don’t raise consumer electricity bills. introducing legislation that aims to limit impacts on consumer costs by requiring data centers to pay for necessary transmission upgrades.