Ratepayer Protection Pledge

Proclamation 11014 of March 4, 2026

Ratepayer Protection Pledge

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

America's continued economic and technological
leadership depends on reliable, large-scale data center
infrastructure built in the United States. Data center
infrastructure is the foundation of the internet, cloud
computing, and artificial intelligence (AI), and it
supports our economic and national security. In order
to harness the full power of American innovation and
ensure that Americans do not become reliant on foreign
industries, the development of large-scale data center
infrastructure and AI must occur here at home, with
American workers and engineers leading the way. Our
investments in these industries will also employ
Americans across a wide array of professions in a
shared endeavor that will bolster our Nation's economic
standing for years to come.

However, as data centers expand their footprint and
electricity demand associated with AI increases,
American households must be protected against
increasing energy costs. The hyperscalers and AI
companies that increase electricity demand must pay for
the full cost of the energy and infrastructure needed
to build and operate data centers, and must not pass
this cost on to the American people. Instead, the data
center boom should be leveraged to address
affordability and benefit all American households and
businesses.

Today, pursuant to the Ratepayer Protection Pledge,
leading United States hyperscalers and AI companies
guarantee that data centers' energy needs will not
increase household electricity costs for American
citizens. Instead, these companies will build, bring,
or buy the new generation resources and electricity
needed to satisfy their energy demands, and pay for all
new power delivery infrastructure upgrades to service
their data centers. They will voluntarily negotiate
new, separate rate structures with their utilities and
relevant State governments, and pay those rates, and
for their infrastructure, whether they use the
electricity or not. They will also invest in local
communities and coordinate with grid operators to
contribute to a more reliable grid. These measures will
ensure that Americans are protected from higher energy
prices, benefit from grid upgrades and increased grid
resilience, and benefit from this technological boom
while the United States continues its global leadership
in innovation and advanced technology.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States, do hereby proclaim as follows:

(1) The Ratepayer Protection Pledge and the
commitments embodied therein effectuate the national
policy of the United States.
(2) On this day, March 4, 2026, seven leading
technology companies have accepted the terms of the
Ratepayer Protection Pledge.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-six, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.