At the beginning of the year, the president and executives of many of the largest tech companies committed to a joint initiative through the Ratepayer Protection Pledge. Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI pledged to cover the costs for the new energy production needed for their data centers. In July, the White House announced an expansion of the initiative, involving over 200 additional utilities, data center developers, cooperatives, and individual states.
