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AI Power Boom Meets Ratepayer Protection | Salt Lake City News

The White House is rolling out a massive expansion of its Ratepayer Protection Pledge, bringing over 200 new companies and utilities on board to shield American households and businesses from skyrocketing electricity bills driven by AI-powered data centers. Now covering 80% of U.S. power delivery and protecting over 260 million people, the pledge requires tech giants to foot the bill for their own energy needs — a move that prevents everyday consumers from bearing the cost of AI’s voracious appetite. With data centers using electricity equivalent to small cities and projected usage to triple…

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