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Under pressure to pay for energy in US, AI companies face tradeoffs

By Emma Whitford and Amy Miller ( February 27, 2026, 21:46 GMT | Comment) -- As US President Donald Trump pressures Big Tech to shield consumers from utility bill hikes associated with electricity-hungry data centers, companies can anticipate difficult tradeoffs. Adding power to the electric grid can take years. And while companies are increasingly siting power plants on shared campuses with data centers — without the intermediary of a transmission line — full grid isolation is rare. As US President Donald Trump pressures Big Tech to shield consumers from utility bill hikes associated with electricity-hungry data centers, companies can anticipate difficult tradeoffs....

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