President Donald Trump announced a non-binding pledge for energy infrastructure. Power producers and data centers will fund massive AI-related power needs. Critics dismissed the pledge as an empty promise to consumers. Rising energy costs are a volatile issue for voters. The pledge aims to balance AI infrastructure with public anger over utility bills.

July 22 : President Donald Trump is set to unveil on Thursday a pledge backed by governors, lawmakers, utilities and data center developers aimed at shielding households from…

Twenty-three Republican governors have signed President Trump's pledge for data centers as the sprawling IT facilities face increasing resistance.

Trump is expected to announce that 23 governors have signed the pledge, which seeks to protect households from absorbing data center costs.