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Trump says U.S. communities opposing AI data centers could end up 'backwards and poor'

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"China could not be happier with this anti Data Center movement," Trump said as Republicans express concerns about the backlash to data centers.

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Timeline · 4 reports

  1. 2026-09-02 14:23 · The Decoder
    Protests against AI data centers play into China's hands, Trump says
  2. 2026-08-31 18:47 · CNBC Technology
    Trump says U.S. communities opposing AI data centers could end up 'backwards and poor'
  3. 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
  4. 2026-08-31 14:36 · r/antiai
    Trump says you will be 'backwards and poor' if you oppose AI data centers

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