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Democrats see midterm gift in Trump embrace of data centers
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House Democrats see President Trump's embrace of data centers as a political gift, hoping the radioactive issue will help the party flip control of the chamber in November's midterms. The topic has emerged as a late campaign juggernaut given the sheer proliferation of data centers in a great many co…
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There is a version of the data center fight that conservatives are about to lose by winning. Across the country, the Right is discovering it can beat data centers at the ballot box. In Pennsylvania, the Republican candidate for governor is running to the incumbent’s left on the issue — demanding a t…
President Trump has a new message for Americans rebelling over the nation's data-center boom : Get over it. "If we kill the Golden Goose, you will only have yourselves to blame," Trump warned Monday. Why it matters: Nine weeks out from the midterms, the president is charging into a fight Republicans…
Loud hums, pollution, and electricity costs may be the price to pay for having a data center nearby. According to the president, though, not having one might be worse. 'If we kill the Golden Goose, you will only have yourselves to blame.
By Aaron Blake, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is doing plenty of things that must be making his party nervous ahead of the midterm elections. But high on that list is his rah-rah advocacy for much-derided AI data centers.
Tech companies pour trillions of dollars into new data centers, the backbone of the AI boom. But many communities across the U.S. are rejecting them. A recent Gallup poll found that more than 70% of Americans don't want data centers in their area. St.
Fetterman shared a screenshot of an article from Bloomberg headlined “Trump says ‘let data reign’ in response to data center blowback,” saying that he agreed with the president.
President Trump and the AI industry are going on the offensive, attempting to bolster support for data centers as they contend with a groundswell of public opposition that has swept across party lines. Trump has not shied away from embracing the controversial server warehouses behind the AI boom, bu…
The President’s insertion of his personal support of data center construction should have a positive impact in correcting what has become an unbalanced fear campaign against a necessary and potentially very beneficial field of development.
Data center opponents have assembled a potent political force. But without a more expansive vision, there is a risk that this techlash could be co-opted and fizzle out.
Americans don’t agree about much in 2026, but a majority are in lockstep on data centers. According to recent polling, a full 75% oppose having one built anywhere near them , a number within striking distance of the 84% of Americans who oppose cutting Social Security. Because the U.S.
Democrats aim to direct growing anti-data center sentiment towards Republicans as the November midterm elections draw near. Democrats hope to seize anti-data center sentiment to attack Republicans […]
Republican and Democratic officials have been feeling the heat from citizens who oppose data centers in their communities. The president, and some deep-pocketed advertisers, are taking the opposite side, touting...
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Trump, AI industry go on offensive to counter data center backlash President Trump and the AI industry are going on the offensive, attempting to bolster support for data centers as they contend with a groundswell of public opposition that has swept across…
