Trump's crusade against Big Tech's energy spending highlights a problem with no easy solutions
MarketWatch·2026-01-17 14:23

In the race to build artificial intelligence, Big Tech companies have spent record-breaking amounts of money on building data centers. Now, they might end up spending even more as they face unprecedented federal intervention along the way.To compete in the AI revolution, Big Tech companies are focused on building out as much AI data-center infrastructure as possible. But now hyperscalers like Microsoft MSFT, Meta Platforms META, Google GOOGL GOOG and Amazon.com AMZN, are facing major obstacles, including or ...