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Assunto:  Anthropic says it will cover electricity price increases
De:       Mike Powell
Data:     Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:20:56 -0500
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'AI companies shouldn't leave American ratepayers to pick up the tab':
Anthropic says it will cover electricity price increases caused by its data
centers

By Craig Hale published 15 hours ago

Anthropic joins Microsoft in trying to address demands

 President Trump has urged Big Tech to absorb rising energy bills, not
consumers
 Anthropic says it will pay upgrade costs and procure net-new power generation
where possible
 CEO Dario Amodei promises to be a "responsible neighbor" and work with
communities and governments

Anthropic has boldly offered to cover electricity price increased caused by its
own data centers, with CEO Dario Amodei stating the power of powering its AI
models should fall on the company, not consumers.  This, of course, follows a
recent request by President Trump for Big Tech companies to "pay their own
way", and not let US citizens face higher electricity bills as a result of
their operations.

Back in January 2026, when Trump posted this request to Truth Social, he
confirmed Microsoft had already shown willingness to comply with this,
promising "major changes."

Anthropic to help US citizens lower their energy bills

Though it may be near-impossible to quantify the exact effects that Anthropic
has on local and national grids, Amodei did offer some suggestions: it would
pay 100% of grid upgrade costs needed to connect its data centers and it would
procure net-new power generation where possible to match its consumption.
Where that's not possible, Anthropic is offering to cover the estimated
demand-driven price increases.

Besides covering those extra bills, the company also covered its commitment to
improving energy efficiency in the first place, including deploying liquid
cooling.

Anthropic also stressed that it's been a "responsible neighbor," and that it's
set to create "hundreds of permanent jobs and thousands of construction jobs"
per its existing project pipelines.

"These commitments are the beginning of our efforts to address data centers'
impact 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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