White House eyes data center agreements amid energy price spikes

[In It to Win It]

The Trump administration wants some of the world’s largest technology companies to publicly commit to a new compact governing the rapid expansion of AI data centers, according to two administration officials granted anonymity to discuss private conversations.

A draft of the compact obtained by POLITICO lays out commitments designed to ensure energy-hungry data centers do not raise household electricity prices, strain water supplies or undermine grid reliability, and that the companies driving demand also carry the cost of building new infrastructure.

The proposed pact, which is not final and could be subject to change, is framed as a voluntary agreement between President Donald Trump and major U.S. tech companies and data center developers. It could bind OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Facebook parent Meta and other AI giants to a broad set of energy, water and community principles. None of these companies immediately responded to a request for comment.

The initiative, which the administration wants to roll out with a splashy White House event, has yet to be formally announced – and it remains unclear which companies have agreed to the compact or been invited to participate.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/09/trump-administration-eyes-data-center-agreements-amid-energy-price-spikes-00772024

[hedda_foil]

1. Notice the agreement is between him and the companies, not the United States and the companies.

How much do they have to pay him to "join" this club?

[AZJonnie]

2. THIS. IS. A. FUCKING. SCAM.

I'd guess these companies would sign this voluntary, toothless, mealy-mouthed bullshit "pact", and then when states/counties/cities try to regulate them, they'll argue that since they're conforming to the "deal" they made with King Pedonald, these other entities can't tell them what to do.

[yaesu]

3. Another taco deal, packs are as worthless as tRumps used depends. nt