Trump Calls for Data Center to Give 'Dividends' to Communities as Backlash Threatens AI Expansion

Source: International Business Times

In an early morning Truth Social post, Trump argued that "Data Centers that were highly unpopular in a certain area, have become extremely popular when a financial deal is struck. " Getty Images President Donald Trump urged data center companies to pay host communities or individual residents a "dividend" for operating there, proposing direct financial benefits as a way to overcome opposition to the facilities powering the artificial intelligence boom. In a Truth Social post, Trump argued that "Data Centers that were highly unpopular in a certain area, have become extremely popular when a financial deal is struck.