Trump touts Britt’s call to write his data center ratepayer pledge into law
Trump amplifies a Semafor interview in which Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama says Congress should turn his voluntary data center Ratepayer Protection Pledge into binding law.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump amplified a Republican senator’s push to write his data center energy pledge into federal law, sharing a Semafor interview with Sen.Katie Britt of Alabama.
Britt, an Alabama Republican and vice chair at the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told Semafor that Congress should add teeth to Trump’s voluntary framework meant to shield utility ratepayers from data centers’ power costs according to semafor. “I’d love to see” Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge turned into law, she said according to semafor.
Here is the full post on truthsocial: “Britt: Congress should turn Trump’s data center pledge into law: https://www.semafor.com/article/09/04/2026/britt-congress-should-turn-trumps-data-center-pledge-into-law SEN. BRITT Exclusive: Britt: Congress should turn Trump’s data center pledge into law” on September 4, 2026 at 9:46 AM ET.
This is Trump’s 4th message released today, and the last post was 5 minutes ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 65 of his 618 posts over the last 30 days classified as Domestic Policy posts.
Trump shared the story by mentioning the source (see semafor.com). Britt said she wants developers to act on their own until Congress moves. “I want to see people go ahead and do it on their own,” she said. “As you know, they don’t call it an act of Congress for nothing” according to semafor.
Britt has a bill with Sen.Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., to encourage water recycling at data centers, part of a bipartisan push on Capitol Hill to manage the infrastructure burden of the industry’s growth according to semafor. She sounded warm on a proposal from Sen.Jon Husted, R-Ohio, to codify Trump’s bid to manage data center energy use, and the House has advanced its version with bipartisan support according to semafor. Sen.Tom Cotton, R-Ark., also has a bill addressing data centers’ power sources according to semafor.
Senator Katie Britt speaks at Washington D.C. on 09/04/2026.
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The political stakes cut through the midterms, with Republican candidates souring on data centers as Democrats try to turn grassroots opposition into a wedge issue according to semafor. “We’ve seen across the country that people are working to use this as a wedge issue,” Britt said, warning her party could “pay a price” according to semafor. She opposes a national moratorium but says localities should be free to reject the projects, arguing the centers can create jobs and help the US stay ahead of China in AI according to semafor.
Trump savaged data center opponents this week, saying areas that reject them will become “backwards and poor” according to semafor. Britt would not go that far, though she said “the president is correct that we want to lead and we want to win this race” against China according to semafor. In Texas, GOP Gov.Greg Abbott has frozen new data center approvals until the state audits them according to semafor.
Congress has yet to settle on a strategy of its own. Three Senate proposals sit with the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, where they have not received a hearing or markup according to E&E News. A spokesperson for Senate Majority Le aderJohn T hune, R-S.D., said there were no imminent plans to bring data center bills forward according to eenews.net. S ens.Josh Ha wley, R-Mo., andRichard Blumen thal, D-Conn., have a bill that would require new data centers to use power sources separate from the grid according to eenews.net.
No date for floor action on any data center bill has been announced.
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