DAILYCALLER (Mary Rooke) - Tech Bros Crying To White House Over Potential Trump Move
The pipeline to build domestic workers is broken at the starting line
NYTIMES (Ana Swanson) - Trump Is Snapping Up Stakes in Private Companies. Could A.I. Be Next?
Some tech executives are nervous that recent scrutiny of artificial intelligence models could be a prelude to a demand by the Trump administration for an ownership stake.
NEWSCATS - Can America Keep Up With Rising Power Demand?
Image: Trump Admin Pressures NY Gov Hochul To Open New Natural Gas Pipelines To Ease Costs – New York’s pipeline ban is New England’s problem — and Washington wants to fix it Related: America’s Energy [...]
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - AI and energy costs: growth in data centers challenges electricity infrastructure
Electricity use by data centers, including facilities to support AI, continues to increase rapidly. At a hearing of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) and Energy Subcommittee Ranking Member Kathy Castor (D-FL) both asserted that U.S. households shouldn't bear the cost of growth in tech companies' energy consumption.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Elon Musk says solar can power US but his data centers are turning to natural gas for power
Elon Musk vows that solar will dominate future energy generation, but his xAI data centers in Mississippi will be powered by 41 natural-gas turbines.
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NYTIMES (Adam Sella) - Trump Calls On Private Companies to Take On a Bigger Role in Cyber
In his National Cybersecurity Strategy, President Trump sought an expanded role for private firms in cyberwarfare. He did not take on China or Russia in the document.
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NYTIMES (David McCabe and Brad Plumer) - Trump Announces A.I. Industry Pledge to Pay for Power
Companies including Google, Microsoft and OpenAI committed to pay for the power plants and grid upgrades needed to run their data centers.
WASHINGTONPOST (Cat Zakrzewski, Evan Halper) - Trump unveils data center pledge amid voter backlash to high utility bills
Top AI executives, in response to a backlash against high utility bills, pledged to cover the energy costs created by data centers at an event with the president.
NYTIMES (Brad Plumer) - Why Data Center Firms Are Working With Trump on Energy Costs
The White House has floated a new plan to try to ease voter concerns over the A.I. boom’s effect on electric bills. But it won’t be easy to put into practice.
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AXIOS (Chuck McCutcheon) - Trump's AI pledge: Tech giants say they can contain power costs
President Trump and tech CEOs expressed confidence Wednesday that they can contain soaring electricity rates with a new data center pledge that formalizes and expands on what companies already are doing. Why it matters: With rising power bills turning AI and data centers into an election-year issue, Trump — who campaigned on a promise to cut costs — is eager to show he's trying to protect consumers. - Skeptical Democrats and some energy observers, however, say that far more than voluntary pledges are needed. Driving the news: Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Meta, Oracle, xAI and OpenAI signed the pledge during an event with Trump, who mentioned the initiative during last week's State of the Union address. - The agreement calls for the…
President Trump and tech CEOs expressed confidence Wednesday that they can contain soaring electricity rates with a new data center pledge that formalizes and expands on what companies already are doing. Why it matters: With rising power bills turning AI and data centers into an election-year issue, Trump — who campaigned on a promise to cut costs — is eager to show he's trying to protect consumers. - Skeptical Democrats and some energy observers, however, say that far more than voluntary pledges are needed. Driving the news: Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Meta, Oracle, xAI and OpenAI signed the pledge during an event with Trump, who mentioned the initiative during last week's State of the Union address. - The agreement calls for the…Open