Microsoft pledges to cover power costs for its data-center expansion

1. 4:37 PM
   Rohan Paul@rohanpaul_aiX

   Microsoft pledges to cover its data-center power costs, not taxpayers or utility customers

   AIMicrosoft says neither taxpayers nor other utility customers will pay the power bill for its $117B annual data-center capacity build. Its plan relies on behind-the-meter generation, including Chevron's 2.67GW gas plant that would sell electricity directly to a Microsoft data center for 20 years. The arrangement still needs political approval after Texas Governor Greg Abbott's moratorium froze new data-center permits, and his Democratic successor has signaled a possibly tougher stance.

   

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