- President Trump has called on Big Tech to absorb rising energy bills, not consumers
- Anthropic says it will pay upgrade costs and acquire grid-new power generation where possible
- CEO Dario Amodei promises to be a “responsible neighbor” and work with local communities and governments
Anthropic has boldly offered to cover power price spikes caused by its own data centers, with CEO Dario Amodei stating that the power of running its AI models should fall on the company, not consumers.
This, of course, follows a recent request by President Trump to major tech companies to “pay their own way” and not leave American citizens facing higher electricity bills as a result of their operations.
Back in January 2026, when Trump sent this request to Truth Social, he confirmed that Microsoft had already shown a willingness to comply and promised “big changes”.
Anthropic to help US citizens lower their energy bills
While it may be nearly impossible to quantify the exact effects Anthropic is having on local and national grids, Amodi made some proposals: it would pay 100% of the costs of upgrading the grid needed to connect its data centers, and it would procure net new electricity generation where possible to match its consumption.
Where this is not possible, Anthropic offers to cover the estimated demand-driven price increases.
In addition to covering these extra bills, the company also covered its commitment to improve energy efficiency in the first place, including the implementation of liquid cooling.
Anthropic also stressed that it has been a “responsible neighbor” and that it is set to create “hundreds of permanent jobs and thousands of construction jobs” under its existing project pipelines.
“These commitments are the beginning of our efforts to address the impact of data centers on energy costs,” the post reads.
“We look forward to working with communities, local governments and the administration to get this right,” Amodei added (via The register).
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