2026年3月4日 11:05 UTC / 路透社
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3月4日（路透社）- 美国总统唐纳德·特朗普计划于周三与谷歌、Meta和OpenAI等主要科技公司的领导人会面，以正式落实一项旨在保护消费者免受与高耗能数据中心快速扩张相关的电费上涨影响的承诺。
白宫表示，特朗普在国情咨文演讲中宣布的所谓”用户保护承诺”，将要求科技公司承诺采取措施，确保人工智能基础设施的蓬勃发展不会导致家庭和小企业的公用事业账单增加。
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这一举措将在11月中期选举前推出，选民对能源可负担性以及数据中心给国家电网带来的额外压力日益担忧。
据两位知情人士透露，这些承诺可能包括科技公司承诺为其数据中心提供或购买电力，这些电力可来自新建发电厂或现有发电厂的扩容产能。
知情人士还表示，大型科技公司还可能承诺为电力输送系统的升级付费，并与公用事业公司签订特殊电价协议。
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预计将出席白宫会议的公司包括科技行业的一些知名企业，这些公司正斥资数十亿美元建设新的人工智能计算能力，而这些计算能力耗电量巨大。
特朗普已敦促这些公司建设或确保专用电力容量以满足需求，而非单纯依赖区域电网。这是平衡科技竞争力与能源成本的政治及经济关切的更广泛努力的一部分。
清洁能源贸易组织”先进能源联盟”（该组织成员包括一些数据中心）的董事乔恩·戈登表示，目前尚不清楚这一努力能否迅速获得足够的电力供应以缓解电网压力。
他补充说，这在一定程度上是因为特朗普的政策重点是增加天然气和其他化石燃料发电厂的数据中心电力供应，而非太阳能和风能等建设速度更快的替代能源。
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“真正的问题是，发电能力无法快速投入使用以满足数据中心需求，”戈登表示，”超大规模数据中心运营商付费建设发电设施并不会使其更快投入使用。”
支持者和批评者都将密切关注这一承诺能否产生具体承诺，还是仅仅停留在象征性层面。立法者和消费者团体已呼吁采取更强有力的保护措施，防止与数据中心建设相关的电费上涨。
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Trump to meet tech giants on energy pledge ahead of midterms
March 4, 2026 11:05 AM UTC / Reuters
By Jarrett Renshaw and Laila Kearney
March 4 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet on Wednesday with leaders of major technology companies, including Google , Meta and OpenAI, to formalize a pledge aimed at protecting consumers from rising electricity costs tied to the rapid expansion of energy‑intensive data centers.
The White House has said the so‑called “Ratepayer Protection Pledge,” announced by Trump in his State of the Union Address, would see tech firms commit to measures designed to ensure the boom in artificial intelligence infrastructure does not translate into higher utility bills for households and small businesses.
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The initiative is being launched ahead of the November midterm elections, with voters increasingly concerned about energy affordability and the increased strain on the country’s power grids from data centers.
The pledges are expected to include a commitment by technology companies to bring or buy electricity supplies for their data centers, either from new power plants or existing plants with expanded output capacity, according to two sources familiar with the plans.
They are also likely to include commitments from Big Tech to pay for upgrades to power delivery systems and to enter into special electricity rate agreements with utilities, the sources said.
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Companies expected at the White House include some of the biggest names in the tech sector, which are investing billions in new AI computing capacity that draws vast amounts of electricity.
Trump has urged those firms to build or secure dedicated power capacity to meet demand rather than relying solely on regional grids, part of a broader effort to balance technological competitiveness with political and economic concerns about energy costs.
It’s not clear, however, that the effort will get new supplies of electricity built quickly enough to ease pressure on grids, said Jon Gordon, who is a director at Advanced Energy United, a clean energy trade group that includes some data centers.
That’s in part due to Trump’s policy focus on increasing natural gas and other fossil fuel-fired power for data centers, instead of quicker-build sources like solar and wind, he added.
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“The real problem is the inability to get generation online fast enough to meet the data center demand,” Gordon said. “Hyperscalers paying for the generation doesn’t get it online any faster.”
Advocates and critics alike will be watching closely to see whether the pledge produces concrete commitments or remains largely symbolic, as lawmakers and consumer groups have called for stronger protections to prevent utility bill increases tied to data center build‑outs.
Reporting By Jarrett Renshaw and Laila Kearney; Editing by Aurora Ellis
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