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Trump calls data center opponents ‘backwards and poor’ as the industry props up the economy—but his own party wants nothing to do with it
Data centers are fueling U.S. growth, but bipartisan backlash is forcing candidates to run from them before the midterms.
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President Trump took to Truth Social this week to warn any town still weighing whether to fight a data center. Communities that turn them away, he wrote, are choosing to be “backwards and poor.” The ones that welcome them will get lower taxes and jobs “all over the place.”
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