Trump says AI data centres should pay ‘dividends’ in pre-midterm shift
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United States President Donald Trump has said AI data centres should pay “dividends” to communities, in a shift before the midterm elections.
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“If companies want to make their Data Centers popular, pay the community, and/or individuals within the community, a ‘dividend'” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday.
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The president’s comments come after he doubled down on his support for data centres, a stance seen as one of several political liabilities for Republicans in the run-up to the midterm election, as Trump’s approval rating has hit record lows.
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Polls show dismal support for such centres amid concerns about the sprawling complexes’ water and energy use.
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In the post, Trump advised companies that they could make the centres popular if they “pay the community, and/or individuals within the community, a ‘dividend’.” “I have watched the process closely, and Data Centers that were highly unpopular in a certain area, have become extremely popular when a financial deal is struck,” he said.
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“MAKE DEALS, and get them built!!!” Several top Republican candidates have opposed data centres before the midterm polls, with the issue emerging as an area of rare bipartisan consensus in advance of the November 3 vote. Republican Senate candidates, including Ken Paxton in Texas, Mike Rogers in Michigan and John Husted in Ohio, have all called for more restrictions and oversight on the centres, in a reversal of earlier positions.
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The issue featured prominently in a recent debate in Iowa, where Republican Senate Candidate Ashley Hinson said the local level should decide whether to build AI data centres.
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Despite the shifting sentiment, Trump in late August issued an impassioned defence of data centres, decrying what he called “the anti-Data Center movement” as a gift to China.
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“The only reason that communities throughout the USA should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor,” Trump wrote at the time.
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“If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign.” Trump has taken several measures to accelerate data centre development, including issuing an executive order last year that called for measures to fast-track permitting and environmental review.
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The order promised to use federal land for the “expeditious and orderly development of data centers”.
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Trump has also backed a voluntary pledge by AI companies to cover the full cost of the electricity data centres use, but has avoided supporting legally binding federal restrictions.
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A Gallup poll conducted in March suggested that 71 percent of Americans opposed establishing AI data centres in their areas. An ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday identified a similar rate of disapproval, with 72 percent of respondents saying that they opposed building new data centres in their communities.
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