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Trump says communities opposed to data centers want to be 'backwards and poor'

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President Trump said Monday that communities that do not want AI data centers will suffer economically. “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. “If they want to be successf…

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Timeline · 2 reports

  1. 2026-08-31 17:05 · Tom's Hardware
    Trump says communities that reject data centers 'want to end up being backwards and poor' — President claims China 'could not be happier' with AI data center backlash in the US
  2. 2026-08-31 15:36 · The Hill Technology
    Trump says communities opposed to data centers want to be 'backwards and poor'

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