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Trump steps up to shield Americans from Bidens disastrous energy policy
He will be requiring AI companies to find their own way to power their data centers.
The Luddite left is left seething and malding.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/13/trump-microsoft-dat a-centers-electricity
Trump says Microsoft will pay more for its datacenters’ electricity
Microsoft’s president said firm won’t accept tax breaks in towns for its datacenters as backlash against facilities grow
Donald Trump said he is partnering with tech companies to ensure the large energy-hungry datacenters vital for AI do not drive up electricity bills in the US. On Tuesday, the US president announced that Microsoft was “first up”.
“We are the ‘HOTTEST’ Country in the World, and Number One in AI. Data Centers are key to that boom, and keeping Americans FREE and SECURE but, the big Technology Companies who build them must ‘pay their own way.’” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Thank you, and congratulations to Microsoft.”
Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president, outlined the company’s plan at an event on Tuesday near the White House titled Community-First AI Infrastructure. He said the initiative aimed to minimize water use and ensure that Microsoft’s electricity usage does not add to individuals’ utility rates. In towns where Microsoft has datacenters, he said, the company would pay its property taxes and accept neither tax reductions nor electricity rate discounts.
“Like major buildouts of the past, AI infrastructure is expensive and complex,” Smith wrote in a blogpost on Tuesday. “This revives a longstanding question: how can our nation build transformative infrastructure in a way that strengthens, rather than strains, the local communities where it takes root?”
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>>1477211
Executive Order 14008 – Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad
Executive Order 13990 – Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science
Keystone XL Pipeline Permit Revocation (January 2021)
Pause and Review of Federal Oil and Gas Leasing on Public Lands (2021)
Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan (2021)
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (2021)
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax (Inflation Reduction Act provision)
Stock Buyback Excise Tax (Inflation Reduction Act provision)
EPA Power Plant Emissions Regulations (2022–2024 rulemakings)
Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards Tightening (NHTSA/EPA, 2021–2024)
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>>1477194
>Trump steps up to shield Americans from Bidens disastrous energy policy
This has nothing to do with whatever you're talking about and everything to do with AI data centers driving up power bills. And Trump has been championing, pushing, and deregulating AI like crazy. This is a step in the right direction, but you'll forgive me if I don't buy it helping much.
>The Luddite left is left seething and malding.
And I don't even know what you're trying to say there. The luddite left is mad that AI, which they hate, will have a harder time powering their data centers, which they also hate?
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>>1477258
Executive Order 14008 – Halted+slowed federal fossil-fuel permitting and prioritised climate restrictions, reducing energy supply and increasing fuel and electricity prices.
Executive Order 13990 – environmental rules increasing cost of oil, gas, and power, raising energy production costs. passed on to consumers.
Keystone Pipeline Permit Revocation (2021) – Reduced expected future oil transport capacity. contributed to higher long-term fuel price expectations.
Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Pause (2021) – Delayed new drilling on public lands, constrained supply and increased price pressure in energy markets.
Methane Emissions Reduction Action Plan (2021) – Rules that increased operating costs for natural gas producers causing higher natural gas and electricity prices
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 – dumped $1.9 trillion into the economy during supply-constrained conditions directly increasing inflation across goods, energy, and housing.
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (2021) – billions in new federal spending, increasing demand for energy, materials, and labor, contributing to inflationary pressure.
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 – Increased federal taxes and regulations on energy producers, raising costs while failing to reduce inflation.
Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax (IRA provision) – Reduced capital investment incentives by discouraging energy infrastructure expansion and contributing to higher long-term costs.
Stock Buyback Excise Tax (IRA provision) – Penalized capital allocation, reducing investment in energy production and efficiency improvements.
EPA Power Plant Emissions Regulations (2022–2024) – Forced early retirement or costly retrofits of fossil-fuel plants, reducing electricity supply+increasing power prices.
Tightened CAFE Fuel Economy Standards (2021–2024) – Increased vehicle production costs and reduced availability of lower-cost gasoline vehicles, raising transportation costs for consumers
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>>1477423
Anon, fossil fuels are the way we produce enough electricity for everyone to use. Simple as, full stop. Solar isn't practical, wind isn't practical, nuclear is but nobody wants it in their town - at some point, if people want a serious alternative, they're going to have to get good and comfortable with having a nuke plant in every city polity regardless of the risk of meltdown or misuse.
If they're not willing to accede to that, then fossil fuels it is. We don't actually have any realistic alternatives.
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>>1477465
China will probably invent viable fusion reactors first, then lease such out to Murrican't AI datacenters, thus China will get richer
No wonder a certain company in Shanghai is investing in the development of such. But then, thery're rich enough to do so via all the money they've made fromgacha games. Even more money to be made.
It's fusion that'll be the future.
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>>1477484
libs pretend we live in a meritocracy, but refuse to give power to the corporations that merit it the most
like the local faggot who keeps complaining that corps were allowed to fire people that weren't vaxed. fuck you shill, corporations know better and you deserved to be fired
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>>1477486
corporations do know better and im tired of pretending they dont. this is what separates us from the libs and their pet somalis
>>1477487
this is terrorism and we should sic ICE on anyone who besmirches tesla. an assault on tesla is like an assault on the president himself! conservatives have always been the real victims and we have been turning the other cheek for far too long
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