"Let data reign": Trump and AI investors wage campaign to save data centers
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President Trump has a new message for Americans rebelling over the nation's data-center boom : Get over it.
Why it matters: Nine weeks out from the midterms, the president is charging into a fight Republicans have been scrambling to escape — staking his political capital on one of the most toxic issues in the country.
What they're saying: "The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor," Trump wrote on Truth Social .
The big picture: Trump's blunt intervention comes as the AI industry mounts a far more disciplined campaign to persuade data-center skeptics rather than browbeat them.
Zoom in: Prominent investor Gavin Baker laid out his own six-part case for data centers on X, which was quickly amplified by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and other tech leaders.
Reality check: The industry faces a steep uphill climb, particularly with Democrats already seizing on Trump's broadside to paint AI as a billionaire-backed project being forced on ordinary Americans.
The bottom line: Trump's intervention risks blowing up that escape route.
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