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9 articles about 8 events for “Trump's Data Center Plan” from The Bulwark.
“You might have thought he got it all out of his system in his nearly two-hour ramble last night, but Donald Trump still intends to follow his vice president’s keynote with yet another speech tonight.”
“It’s become a cliché in Democratic circles to joke that Trump is trying to lose the midterm elections—from his comments last week about how great data centers are to his remark earlier this summer that he “love[s]” inflation—but Dean and others argue that…”
“For example, let’s say a company wants to build a data center in your area.”
“EXCLUSIVE: Recordings show Stacy Garrity claiming Trump’s data center plan as her own by Brendan Hartnett As Andrew wrote in Morning Shots in August, politicians are suddenly noticing that everybody hates data centers.”
“AND YOU GET A BAG OF CASH!: Companies investing in the AI boom, blindsided by the spike in public opposition to data center development, are now pulling out every carrot they can think of to woo communities into accepting new construction.”
“At the policy level, this boosterism mostly meant squelching attempts to regulate AI at the federal and state level and cheerleading for the data center buildout across the country.”
“To recap: Last year, Donald Trump deliberately MAGAfied the Kennedy Center, replacing its board and senior staff with allies, micromanaging its programming, and even trying to rename the place after himself.”
“President Trump spent much of yesterday posting about his unlimited support for AI development and data-center construction and calling criticism of it a “hoax.””
“Democratic candidates have even tied data centers to their midterm anti-corruption message, arguing that Trump supports building more precisely because they benefit those Big Tech executives.”