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Trump confirms rejecting data centers is "a mistake"
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President Trump defended the expansion of data centers former fixer, Michael Cohen, that aired in full on Sunday.
Key facts
- President Trump defended the expansion of data centers former fixer, Michael Cohen, that aired in full on Sunday
- The backlash over data centers is spilling into electoral politics, from this year's midterms to the emerging 2028 presidential race
- The Trump administration has taken steps to ease some environmental requirements for data centers while pushing tech companies to cover more of the electricity costs associated with the AI buildout
- Trump's support comes as data centers face growing backlash in both red and blue states
Summary
Trump's support comes as data centers face growing backlash in both red and blue states. What he's saying: Trump told Cohen during their interview that the U.S. was leading China in AI "by a lot" and that data centers were not taking power from the grid. "They're making their own power plants. "Communities that don't take a data center, they're making a mistake" because data centers create "tremendous amounts of jobs and money," Trump added.