The AI Daily Brief · Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Former President Trump has voiced strong support for data centers, arguing on Truth Social that communities opposing them risk becoming 'backwards and poor' while embracing them leads to success and lower taxes. He contends that China benefits from the anti-data center movement.
“The only reason that communities throughout the USA should not want data centers is if they 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.”
“China could not be happier with this anti-data center movement.”