Axios

Tech giants are expected to join President Trump at the White House next week to sign a pledge that they will build or buy their own electricity supplies for data centers.

Why it matters: It's the Trump administration's latest response to election-year voter angst over data centers' AI-driven electricity demands and their potential effects on rates.

This winter has been brutally cold, snowy and icy for millions of Americans — yet winters are getting shorter across most U.S. cities amid climate change.

• That's per a new analysis based on temperatures rather than calendar dates from Climate Central, a climate research group.

President Trump announced during his State of the Union address Tuesday night plans to offer Americans access to a retirement account similar to those available to federal workers.

Why it matters: There are roughly 50 million Americans without employer-sponsored retirement plans, like 401(k)s, and there's been growing bipartisan interest in expanding access.