Tech Giants Pledge Power Investments Amid Data Center Cost Backlash

Mounting concerns over the electricity demands of data centers spurred major technology companies — including Google, Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, xAI, OpenAI, and Amazon — to sign the Ratepayer Protection Pledge at the White House, according to Ground News. The companies committed to building or purchasing new power generation sources, covering infrastructure upgrades, and selling excess power to utilities. The pledge follows intensifying bipartisan anger over rising electric bills linked to data c