Microsoft is pledging to “pay its way” for its AI data centres, as soaring US electricity prices and water use bring a backlash against tech companies and the Trump administration’s AI push.
At a meeting in Washington on Tuesday, Microsoft president Brad Smith said the company would pay higher electricity rates in areas it builds data centres to cover the costs of new power generation and grid upgrades — as well as replenish water drawn from reservoirs to cool their technologies.
“We need to be more transparent,” Smith said.
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