President Donald Trump has warned that American communities refusing to host data centres will end up 'backwards and poor', insisting on Truth Social that blocking the facilities will hand an advantage to China. He claimed that embracing the infrastructure would deliver lower taxes, economic gains and jobs to local areas.
This defence of the tech industry comes amid a sharp rise in bipartisan opposition to the physical footprint of artificial intelligence. Local resistance has grown across key swing states as residents voice concerns over the huge water and electricity demands required to cool massive server farms.
