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President Expands Ratepayer Protection 'Pledge' For A.I. Data Centers To Pay Full Cost Of ...
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Fusion42 · 24 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
The President expanded a voluntary 'pledge' requiring AI data centre operators to fund their own energy and infrastructure costs, but the pledge is unenforceable and excludes most developers building data centres in Pennsylvania. PJM ratepayers have already absorbed $29.4 billion in added electricity costs from AI data centre demand over four recent capacity auctions.
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If you're building an AI data centre outside the handful of big cloud players, the pledge doesn't bind you—but the cost to grid ratepayers is real and growing, and state regulators are now forced to act. Pennsylvania's governor is signalling executive action on data centre regulation this month; expect permitting and tax treatment to tighten fast.
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