The Ratepayer Protection Pledge is aimed at mitigating costs passed down to Americans as data centers take up more and more energy. AI and energy companies will negotiate separate utility rate structures, ensuring that the cost of new energy infrastructure is borne by companies, not consumers. Trump has dubbed data centers “big, strong, bold, and Money Machines,” even as bipartisan concerns persist over their energy and water consumption and the noise they produce. Construction workers wire electricity lines in Dallas TX4 data center’s mechanical galley under construction at the NTT Data center campus in Garland, Texas, March 4, 2026. “The President’s bold action is turning data centers into engines of growth for local communities, while cementing America’s dominance in the global AI race.”