Trump, AI Companies Sign Ratepayer Protection Pledge at White House Roundtable Meeting

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump held a roundtable meeting with artificial intelligence (AI) executives at the White House on March 4 for the signing of a Ratepayer Protection Pledge, an initiative to reduce electricity costs. “This is a historic win for countless American families and will also make our electricity grids stronger and more resilient than ever before,” Trump said during the gathering held in the Indian Treaty Room. The five-step commitment was drafted to guide electricity production needed to run AI data centers while enhancing the nation’s power grid and protecting consumers. Representatives from Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI signed the agreement....