Trump: Data center opponents 'want to end up backwards and poor'
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Neutral summary
President Donald Trump on Monday voiced strong support for AI data centers, writing on Truth Social that communities rejecting them “want to end up being backwards and poor.” “If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign,” he added, saying “China could not be happier” with the anti-data-center movement. The remarks came as polls show a majority of Americans oppose local data center construction, and nine weeks before the midterm elections. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded by suggesting building a data center near Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, while some Republicans have publicly distanced themselves from the president’s stance.
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Newsweek (outlet profile)
Donald Trump Slams US Areas Rejecting Data Centers: 'Backwards and Poor'. Trump says communities that oppose data centers risk losing jobs, tax revenue and a competitive edge to China.
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Bloomberg (outlet profile)
Trump Says ‘Let Data Reign’ in Call to Support Data Centers. President Donald Trump warned that a growing public backlash to data centers in the US poses an economic threat to communities that oppose new infrastructure…
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Forbes (outlet profile)
Trump Says Communities Will Be ‘Backwards And Poor’ If They Oppose Data Centers. A majority of Americans oppose construction of data centers in their local areas, according to a 2026 Gallup survey.
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The Hill (outlet profile)
Trump says communities opposed to data centers want to be 'backwards and poor'. President Trump said Monday that communities that do not want AI data centers will suffer economically. “The only reason that communities t…
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Politico Europe (outlet profile)
Trump: Communities that reject data centers will end up ‘backwards and poor’. It’s the president’s latest line of support for data centers despite growing bipartisan concerns over the cost of such projects.
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Le Parisien (outlet profile)
« Ils veulent finir arriérés et pauvres » : Donald Trump critique les opposants aux centres de données
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Business Insider (outlet profile)
Trump says data centers are a 'golden goose' and communities will end up 'poor' without them. President Donald Trump said that communities that oppose data centers "want to end up being backwards and poor."
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Financial Times (outlet profile)
Trump says data centre critics ‘want to end up backwards and poor’. US president urges voters to ‘let Data Reign’ as unpopular building boom roils midterm campaigns
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ABC News (outlet profile)
'Let Data Reign': Trump stands firmly behind controversial data centers. Trump argued that data centers will make communities "successful and rich."
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CNBC (outlet profile)
Trump says U.S. communities opposing AI data centers could end up 'backwards and poor'. "China could not be happier with this anti Data Center movement," Trump said as Republicans express concerns about the backlash to…
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Fox News (outlet profile)
‘Backwards and poor’: Trump issues dire warning to communities blocking critical technology. President Donald Trump warned communities rejecting data centers risk becoming "backwards and poor" as states battle…
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Axios (outlet profile)
"Let data reign": Trump and AI investors wage campaign to save data centers. 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…
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Clarín (outlet profile)
El dilema de Trump: su apuesta por los centros de datos choca con el descontento de sus votantes rurales a pocas semanas de las elecciones de medio mandato. El apoyo de las pequeñas comunidades rurales que fueron clave…
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Al Jazeera (outlet profile)
‘Let Data Reign’: Trump decries opposition to data centres in US. Despite concerns over electricity and water consumption, US president calls on communities to embrace data centres.
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CBS News (outlet profile)
Trump pushing communities to accept data centers. President Trump posted on social media Monday that people who "want to be successful and rich" should be supporting data centers. CBS News' Weijia Jiang reports.
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The National (UAE) (outlet profile)
'Let data reign': Trump tells Americans to embrace data centres or end up 'backwards and poor'
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TechRadar (outlet profile)
'Let data reign'; Trump warns that those who don't let AI data centers proliferate will end up 'backwards and poor'. Us President Donald Trump is pushing consumers to embrace rapid data center development in their commu…
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New York Post (outlet profile)
Trump doubles down on data centers as polling shows majority of Americans oppose them. WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday doubled down on his support of data centers, claiming communities that reject them will end u…
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TechCrunch (outlet profile)
A group funded by Andreessen, Horowitz, and Brockman plan data center ads to sway midterms. Build American AI plans to lobby voters in select states about the virtues of data centers by spending millions of dollars on a…
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CBS News (outlet profile)
Growing backlash against data centers in American cities as poll finds over 70% oppose them. Tech companies pour trillions of dollars into new data centers, the backbone of the AI boom. But many communities across the U…
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CBS News (outlet profile)
St. Louis becomes the latest battleground in fight over data centers. "We have to be very careful about where and how we install these large data centers," said Kasey Fowler-Finn, a biologist at St. Louis University, wh…
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Golem (outlet profile)
Künstliche Intelligenz: Trump beschimpft Gegner von KI-Rechenzentren. US-Präsident Donald Trump setzt ein neues Wahlkampfthema: die Konflikte rund um den Bau neuer KI-Rechenzentren. ( Donald Trump , KI )
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The Mirror (outlet profile)
Donald Trump says communities who oppose his data centres project 'want to be backwards and poor'. The US President claimed 'China could not be happier' after both Democrats and Republicans hit back at his controversial…
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Vox (outlet profile)
The data centers are winning. In the United States, building a data center now polls roughly as well as abolishing the police. If current trends continue, server warehouses may soon be less popular with Americans than p…
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Novara Media (outlet profile)
Trump Lashes Out at Data Centre Opponents: ‘You’ll End up Backwards and Poor’. Donald Trump has criticised opponents to AI data centres, saying “they want to end up being backwards and poor”. In a post on Truth Social,…
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The Hill (outlet profile)
House Republican pushes back on Trump data center support: 'I guess I'm backwards and poor'. GOP Rep. Tim Burchett (Tenn.) responded on Monday to President Trump’s statement that communities that oppose data center cons…
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Le Parisien (outlet profile)
« Vous voulez finir arriérés et pauvres ? » : la prolifération des data centers pour l’IA aux États-Unis s’invite dans la campagne des Midterms
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The Hill (outlet profile)
Ocasio-Cortez: 'Put a data center up in Mar-a-Lago'. Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) quipped Monday that a company should build an AI data center near President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort after he said…
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The Independent (outlet profile)
MAGA lawmaker declares himself ‘backwards and poor’ as he bucks Trump’s push for more data centers. Republican lawmaker’s remarks come after president declared only those ‘backwards and poor’ would oppose data centers
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TechRadar (outlet profile)
SuperPACs are funneling millions of dollars into pro-AI candidates, with Trump saying communities that reject data centers will end up ‘backwards and poor’. AI is being backed by millions of dollars worth of PAC funding…
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The Independent (outlet profile)
AOC fires back at Trump over data centers and suggests putting one in Mar-a-Lago. President Trump has come out strongly in support of data centers, even as the projects attract bipartisan opposition
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Newsweek (outlet profile)
List of Republicans Publicly Breaking With Trump on AI Data Centers. Several Republicans are distancing themselves from Trump's pro-data-center stance amid growing public backlash.
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France 24 (outlet profile)
AI data centers become surprise issue in US midterm elections. The boom of data centers to power artificial intelligence was a topic of discussion at the G20 summit on Tuesday in North Carolina. Elon Musk told member co…
Factual core
- President Donald Trump said communities that oppose data centers will end up 'backwards and poor'.
- President Donald Trump made these remarks about data centers.
- There is growing public backlash against data centers in the US.
- AI data centers have become a surprise issue in the US midterm elections.
- Build American AI is linked to the pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future.
- The midterm elections are scheduled to take place in a few weeks.