Big Tech Signs White House Data Center Pledge With Good Optics and Little Substance

White House hosted signing of a nonbinding data center pledge, a nonbinding pledge was signed at the White House on Wednesday involving several major tech companies.

Tech companies participated in the signing, representatives from multiple technology firms attended the White House event.

Attending companies were Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI, xAI, Google/Alphabet, Oracle, and Amazon, the companies named as present included Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI, xAI, Google/Alphabet, Oracle, and Amazon.

President Donald Trump said people think data centers will raise electricity prices, president Donald Trump commented at the event about public perceptions of data centers and electricity costs.

Heatmap News poll found fewer than 30 percent of American voters would support a data center being built near where they live, a Heatmap News poll measured voter attitudes toward local data center construction.