US President Donald Trump said major technology companies should pay for their own electricity use as data centre demand drives higher power consumption.
I never want Americans to pay higher electricity bills because of data centers.
Donald Trump said.
Trump blamed Democrats for rising household power bills and said he would secure commitments from tech firms in the coming weeks.
He said Microsoft has agreed to make changes starting this week to prevent consumers from covering data centre electricity costs.
The big technology companies who build them must pay their own way.
Donald Trump said.
Electricity prices in US cities have risen by about 40% over the past five years, according to Federal Reserve data.
Data centres accounted for more than 5% of total US electricity use in 2025, up sharply from the previous year.
Analysts project data centre electricity demand could reach nearly 12% of total US power consumption by 2030.
The International Energy Agency said AI-driven data centre demand is growing far faster than traditional server workloads.
Bitcoin mining was also cited as energy intensive, though analysts said there is no evidence it has driven higher consumer power bills.
At the time of reporting, Bitcoin price was $91,254.22.