Trump Administration Pushes Tech Companies to Pay for Power

About this episode

The episode discusses President Trump's push for Big Tech companies to take responsibility for their electricity usage in data centers.

President Trump is trying to get Big Tech to pledge to supply their own electricity for data centers - rather than passing the cost to consumers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Topics covered

• technology policy
• energy consumption
• data centers
• Big Tech
• government regulation

Keywords

• Trump administration
• Big Tech
• electricity
• data centers
• consumer costs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Big Tech

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