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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/leading-ai-datacenter-companies-sign-pledge-to-buy-their-own-power/
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August 2030 story line: Big tech companies under fire for not sharing their electricity from privately owned data center power plants as public utility companies suffer rolling blackouts under the stress of record heat waves and demand from household AI devices.
> the agreement has no enforcement mechanism, and it will likely run into issues with hardware supplies. It also ignores basic economics.
> Other than that, it seems like a great idea.
So, it’s just meant to be a news story on Fox News to appease the MAGA base, who are most likely to be affected by these data-centers (I live in a left-wing coastal region, where the tech billionaires live, no chance of data-centers being built around me) while accomplishing absolutely nothing else.
MAGA continues to vote against their own best interests.
This is literally a handshake agreement.
Fake news.
Even if they do, there aren’t enough gas turbines to go around
This is a plot point in freaking Shadowrun about the dangers of making corporations energy independent
They will pay but pay at a lower price because they are big consumers. They will get a great rate and average customers will subsidize them. This handshake agreement does nothing to stop this.
All of sudden, sustainable energy makes sense
A pledge is not legally bonding. Its just words.
Remember the safe AI pledge signed by several people, including techbros, some years ago? Yeah, never heard if it again.
A pledge is nice, commitment, enforcement, and terms that start and remain true to the intent matter more.
I’m worried that this won’t do much even if it were to be signed and enforced.
He does these PR stunts all the time because his base is to dumb to follow up on it. They see this and its imprinted in their mind that he solved the problem and nothing can convince them otherwise, and if the companies arent doing it its somehow the dems fault.
The fun question that was glossed over completely: what do they generate the power from? I heard coal, natural gas, and nuclear. I do not trust Elon Musk with enriched uranium. Nor do I trust Apple, Google, or facebook with the power to make a nuclear weapon on the side. I do not trust any of these companies to run a power plant. They will consume resources to make their power and drive the cost of everything up in the communities they’re located in. This deal will destroy everyone financially but the top 10% of the US.
How many of the big 5 directly own and run their own DCs and how much of their DC processes are outsourced or sub-contracted to shell companies that aren’t participants in this ‘pledge’? If it ain’t on paper with legal penalties for non-compliance for all sub-contractors, it’s about as solid as a concept of a plan for healthcare or no more involvement in wars.
Data centers need baseload. Nuclear’s viable – some places are actively building nuclear talent pipelines while the US treats the sector like an unwanted child.
*WILL NOT make a difference.
You mean, pay their electric bills? They don’t already do that?
Yeah this won’t happen.