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289 articles about 244 events for “Trump's Data Center Plan”.
“A 2026 Pew Research Center survey found “66% have confidence in Trump, while only a third or fewer have confidence in the other leaders.””
“President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with TIME at the White House on Sept. 28.”
“Asked in April for the source of Trump’s statistics after he said in a Truth Social post that 98.2% of drugs smuggled in via such routes had been stopped, the White House directed The Associated Press to Customs and Border Protection data on drug seizures.”
“ZONING WARS: Democratic lawmakers are calling for tighter restrictions on data centers, while Republicans say the facilities could boost the economy and keep the U.S. ahead in the artificial intelligence (AI) race.”
“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.””
““There is a SICK conspiracy going on against AI and Data Centers, and the only one that is happy about it is China,””
“On the podcast this week: We are actually off this week in preparation for our final episode, but we have an excellent conversation between Ezra Klein and Jasmine Sun about data centers to tide you over.”
“It’s unfair to make data center creation a litmus test for whether you are a loyal Trump Republican, and it doesn’t address larger questions.”
“Byron Donalds, Florida's Republican gubernatorial nominee, casts himself as a check on data centers, by vowing to "protect Florida families and communities from data centers that jack up utility rates and make everything else more expensive," and "fight for a…”
“Log in The Trump administration is set to unveil rollbacks to federal fuel economy standards on Monday, easing environmental obligations for car manufacturers regarding emissions from gas-fueled vehicles and light trucks.”
“NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration on Monday plans to release new fuel economy standards that would relax regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks.”
“Log in The Trump administration on Monday plans to release new fuel economy standards that would relax regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks.”
“Log in Starting this January, new work mandates for select Medicaid recipients will take effect nationwide under President Donald Trump's major 2025 tax and policy legislation, with a group of Republican-governed states adopting measures far stricter than…”
“Work requirements for some Medicaid beneficiaries begin across the U.S. in January, the result of President Donald Trump’s big 2025 tax cut and policy law, and a handful of Republican-led states are imposing tougher rules than the law requires.”
“Log in Work requirements for some Medicaid beneficiaries begin across the U.S. in January, the result of President Donald Trump's big 2025 tax cut and policy law, and a handful of Republican-led states are imposing tougher rules than the law requires.”
“Some Republicans have shifted their stance on data centers ahead of the November midterm elections, despite the Trump administration’s continued push to expand the AI facilities.”
“The News Some Republicans are hoping they can address voters’ affordability concerns before the election — potentially by passing a data center power bill to demonstrate the party is listening to souring popular sentiment surrounding AI infrastructure.”
“… for its final week before the November midterm elections, with lawmakers set to confront three politically charged issues before heading home to campaign: rising energy costs tied to data centers, sanctions on Russia, and President Donald Trump’s war in…”
“Those of us who are old enough remember where we were when the planes hit the World Trade Center towers.”
“On 11 September 2001, as al-Qaeda's suicide pilots flew those hijacked planes into the World Trade Center, I was just finishing a deployment in our Middle East bureau.”
“In New York City, meanwhile, local media has suggested that the city’s first Muslim mayor, Zohran Mamdani, should not attend the commemoration of the World Trade Center attacks, as if to do so would be an insult to the victims and their families.”
“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…”
“The survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and USA Facts shows that while mistrust of government information has grown since 2024, it is higher than it was at the end of president Donald Trump’s first term.”
“President Trump has been criticized for suggesting he would attack power plants, bridges and other civilian infrastructure.”
“… about the Iran war today: - Brent crude, the international standard for oil, was trading at a seven-week high of $99 per barrel Tuesday morning, continuing an upward trend seen since the end of August. - The head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council…”
“Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday that his real estate background has helped guide his knowledge on data centers.”
“Trump’s Cabinet has followed suit, even though a recent Economist/YouGov poll found that just 14 percent of Democrats and 31 percent of Republicans think new data centers are good for America.”
“For Republicans, whose party has backed AI innovation, responding to worsening public opinion has been trickier — particularly given President Trump’s championing of AI and data centers.”
“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.”
“The exchange came as Kyiv pressed its campaign against Russian infrastructure, with a drone attack on Sunday shutting down a data center in the city of Vladimir, east of Moscow, run by technology giant Yandex.”
“Kyiv on Sunday pressed on its campaign against Russian infrastructure, hitting a data center run by Russian technology giant Yandex.”
“Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and Republican Rick Jackson clashed Tuesday night during their only scheduled debate of this fall’s race for governor in Georgia, taking aim at each other on economic issues, data centers and President Donald Trump.”
“Georgia gubernatorial candidates Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and Republican Rick Jackson hit the debate stage Tuesday night, sparring over closeness to President Donald Trump, data centers, and election security in the Peach State.”
“"Pollution by forever chemicals, nuisance suits over AI data centers, opioids litigation, all of these are about the local effects of conduct that runs across borders,"”
“Trump on the docket The new term will feature more constitutional disputes over the power of the executive, with current or anticipated fights over immigration, federal bureaucracy reforms and possibly the White House ballroom and Kennedy Center construction…”
“Ohio, a state that Trump has won three times, has become a battleground for the same reasons that the GOP is predicting a bleak forecast in this year’s midterms: skyrocketing gas prices, bipartisan disdain for data centers, high costs for food and utilities,…”
“President Trump defended the rapid buildout of massive data centers Saturday as he rallied supporters in Ohio to turn out for Republican candidates in next month’s midterm elections — warning that blocking the tech projects would hand an advantage to China.”
“Dubai has been a popular destination for Israelis since Israel and the UAE established ties in 2020 as part of the Trump administration’s Abraham Accords to normalize ties between Israel and Arab countries.”
“Dubai has been a popular destination for Israelis since Israel and the United Arab Emirates established ties in 2020 as part of the Trump administration’s Abraham Accords to normalize ties between Israel and Arab countries.”
“The dinner followed Trump’s weeklong courting ritual for communist leader Xi, who was dragged around the recently renovated and under-construction White House while Trump pointed and laughed at a framed picture of Joe Biden’s “autopen” in a gold-filled…”
“But progress has been slow, with Trump accusing China of fueling domestic opposition in the United States to the data centers powering AI development.”
“Lockheed did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment Wednesday, as Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Washington for a state visit with President Donald Trump.”
“Lockheed did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment on Wednesday, when Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Washington for a state visit with President Donald Trump.”
“Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy addressed concerns regarding the use of artificial intelligence in a new air traffic control system on Thursday, assuring Americans that the Trump administration is “not outsourcing aviation to AI.””
“Federal officials plan to launch an artificial intelligence-powered system in the Washington, D.C., area as early as Monday, the first step in a broader push to modernize U.S. air traffic management.”
“It should include checks through the data centers, where you can tell whether a model is being used for inference or training.”
“That should include international monitoring, it should include checks through the data centers where you can tell whether a model is being used for inference or training, and it should use enforceable and verifiable tools.”
“In Saturday’s post, Trump compared criticism of AI and data centers to several other political controversies and argued that opposition to data-center construction had largely failed.”
“Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, launched an AI task force and data center accountability plan aimed at addressing “growing concern and risks posed by the rapid development of artificial intelligence.””
“Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat, signed an executive order that launched an AI task force, as well as a data center accountability plan, both intended to address, her office said, “growing concerns and risks posed by the rapid development of artificial…”
“President Donald Trump has warned that the backlash to AI will empower China to surpass the U.S. as the world’s dominant superpower and has suggested that Beijing is deliberately pushing anti-AI narratives in the U.S. to squash data centers, which power…”
“Judge says Trump can't demolish Kennedy Center.”
“Campaign finance filings showed companies and executives tied to a massive Project Jupiter data center planned in southern New Mexico donated tens of thousands of dollars to Haaland’s campaign.”
“Josh Hawley, R-Mo., plans on introducing legislation that would tie up a tax loophole for data centers first unleashed by Republicans in 2017 that he charged has been exploited by tech companies to build their sprawling data center facilities.”
“Josh Hawley, R-Mo., plans on introducing legislation that would tie up a tax loophole for data centers first unleashed by Republicans in 2017 that he charged has been exploited by tech companies to build their sprawling data center facilities.”
“Chipmakers, cloud providers and data center operators have built their growth around it, and any slowdown threatens revenue tied to how fast labs need new hardware.”
“Fox News President Donald Trump called the anti-AI and data center sentiment imperiling innovation a "sick conspiracy."”
“Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, installed by President Donald Trump, say the center is on the brink of bankruptcy and argue that putting the president's name on its facade—and thus ensuring his fundraising efforts—may be the only way to avoid imminent…”
“Donald Trump is getting asked about an AI slowdown; so far he’s resisting the calls, but there are rumors that his advisors are calling on him to do something.”
“At the start of his second term, 92% of Trump voters under 35 approved of his job as president, according to data from Pew Research Center.”
“President Trump and his allies almost immediately blamed Democrats and “the radical left,” without evidence, for Kirk’s assassination.”
“Vogel voted earlier this year for a moratorium that temporarily bans data centers from setting up shop in her heavily Republican county, which favored President Donald Trump 63%-35% in 2024.”
“Vogel voted earlier this year for a moratorium that temporarily bans data centers from setting up shop in her heavily Republican county, which favored President Donald Trump 63% to 35% in 2024.”
“Trump also postponed military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure after threatening to do so if Iran did not open access to the Strait of Hormuz.”
“Religious Freedom Data Center, an Israeli volunteer organization that tracks incidents like verbal abuse and spitting in the direction of Christian people in Jerusalem, said they’re happening almost daily and virtually all are committed by Jewish religious…”
“A Data Center Backlash on the Edge of Data Center Alley Last week, the Board of Supervisors of Fauquier County, Virginia, passed a raft of new restrictions on data center construction.”
“Medical debt will grow among “both the insured and uninsured, because of how we’re increasingly putting more costs onto individuals for those plans”, said April Kuehnhoff, a senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center.”
“…omer cash Meanwhile, of the 12 AI workers who donated to Flanagan’s campaign, eight work at Anthropic, which has drawn criticism from both AI industry leaders and the Trump administration over CEO Dario Amodei’s frequent warnings about a potential AI…”
“Darline Graham of South Carolina and Democratic challenger Annie Andrews clashed Sunday night in their first and perhaps only debate of the general election, tangling over President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill,” the high costs of gas and goods,…”
“Using several datasets, we find: Latinos are less likely to support politicians who use “Latinx”…Latinos who oppose “Latinx” are less likely to support politicians who used or are associated with “Latinx”…Latinos in areas where “Latinx” is more salient are…”
“Trump posted in response on Truth Social, warning voters not to “kill the Golden Goose,” a term he has used to refer to both AI and data centers.”
“Confidence that the Postal Service would deliver mail ballots on time plummeted among Democrats from 86% before the 2024 election to 60% last month, according to polling conducted by Marist just after the Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s new…”
“This includes emissions data from facilities such as power plants, oil refineries, manufacturing plants, and more.”
“And I hear that when I was gone, you did a great show with Tim Murphy about the backlash to data centers and how that’s become a bipartisan issue during this campaign.”
“Electricity bills are rising as utilities spend more to upgrade the nation's aging power grid, and overall energy demand grows amid the data center buildout.”
“Ukrainian drone strikes have partly disabled an AI data centre operated by Russian digital giant Yandex.”
“Even before any plans for the facility were drawn up, East Fishkill’s existing zoning laws did not allow for the construction of large data centers.”
“KFF Health News reviewed thousands of Slack messages, meeting transcripts, and video recordings that reveal how the Trump administration has granted the industry a direct line to top government officials — including former head of the Department of Government…”
“Collins, who plans to continue leading the Appropriations committee if re-elected, said she had repeatedly supported war powers resolutions to halt Trump’s military action in Iran.”
“Mike Collins (R-GA) feuded in a fiery debate over personal scandal allegations and the Trump administration’s handling of top voter issues, including affordability, data centers, Iran, and immigration.”
“For example, let’s say a company wants to build a data center in your area.”
“Anthony Fauci’s diary pages, dating back to the early days of the first Trump administration, shows the top infectious disease official singing China’s praises but repeatedly disparaging the president he served.”
“According to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center, the storm is forecast to make landfall in parts of the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama and southern Mississippi late Friday or early Saturday.”
“A Quinnipiac University survey of 1,032 registered voters taken late last month found 73 percent oppose "the building of an AI data center in your community," including 55 percent of Republicans, and 79 percent said safety matters more than keeping the United…”
“The State Council’s 2017 plan set the goal of making China “the world’s primary AI innovation center” by 2030.”
“A subsidiary company, SpaceXAI, is seeking to build a massive data center in the Memphis area despite local residents' concerns over environmental impact.”
“Thus far in Donald Trump’s second term, ICE has arrested more than 8,500 children.”
“He released a plan called “Make Stuff Cost Less,” calling for data centers to pay the full cost of all the power they use and for preventing costs from being passed down to consumers.”
“The 38-page report — conducted by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Demonstration and Assessment Team — noted that the trial did not produce statistically relevant data to make predictions on efficacy, nor did it evaluate the device’s broader…”
““What I will say from my conversations with friends in the [Trump] Administration is that they've been very worried about this…[But] they're not getting a lot of information and data.” ”I'm going to say something that's going to sound incredibly naive, but…”
“Data released by the government-administered Statistical Center of Iran in September showed that gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 10.1 percent year-on-year between March 21 and June 20, the first quarter of the Persian calendar.”
“Spain's economic data has been positive recently, but politically, the country has been mired in a prolonged crisis for months.”
“Here’s a graph of how ECI has been changing over time: For me, the most parsimonious explanation is that AI intelligence is a function of scaling laws (parameter count and training data) in a way that’s pretty close to how animal intelligence is a function of…”
“Sure, some politicians, such as Bernie Sanders, had already been focused on AI — and data centers are increasingly making news and widely disliked.”
“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.”
“Originally, I planned to go to Houston following the July 7 ICE shooting and killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old construction business owner who had lived in the United States for 35 years.”
“She highlighted the organization’s Data Center Policy, a 13-point charter that emphasizes community control over data center planning, rejects data centers’ role in increasing electricity prices and decries any use of American data centers for…”
“This argument, however, clashes with the Trump administration’s own claims that the Clean Air Act does not give the EPA the authority to regulate emissions for vehicles and power plants – a claim affirmed by the agency as recently as last month.”
“The average stay in ORR has increased from about one month under President Biden to roughly six months under Trump, according to the agency’s own data, and some kids are locked up for more than a year.”
“Norma signed up for DeleteMe, a service that journalists also recommend, which scrubs personal data from the internet.”
“About half of American adults report using AI-powered chatbots and about 42 percent of users said they use it to search for information, according to the Pew Research Center.”
“The Trump administration has recognized the importance of data-center infrastructure to the internet, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and America's economic and national security.”
“Later today, Donald Trump will be in the state of Nebraska to rev up supporters as he kicks off a campaign blitz of rallies ahead of the midterm elections on 3 November.”
“…unced in July that it would end the Medicare Part D Premium Stabilization Demonstration program on Jan. 1, 2027—a year earlier than originally planned, which is something that advocate groups like Medicare Rights Center worry “will unnecessarily erode…”
“Sonia Wang, who leads the Center for Climate and Environmental Data at the Data Foundation, said the organization is helping preserve important data-crunching projects that can determine whether scientists and policymakers can trust climate information.”
“Now he plans to leave Washington and return to the Legislature instead of running for reelection in a race that he sees little chance of winning because the district boundaries have been altered dramatically.”
“He will graduate in the spring with an economics degree and an interest in data analytics, but true adulthood seems maddeningly far away.”
“He also worked with climate scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a federal office in nearby Boulder, who directed Muñoz on what data to collect, what the condition of leaves reveals about air quality and why milkweed matters for…”
“A major plot line of the hyper-partisan, mid-decade redistricting arms races – launched at the urging of Donald Trump – has been the elimination of traditionally Black congressional seats in the south.”
“In Pew Research Center surveys of American adults, the share who have ever used Facebook is up just three percentage points from 2016 through 2025 (from 68 percent to 71 percent).”
““The broad stroke is that Americans are disappointed, bordering on angry that President Trump hasn’t delivered on the core promises he made when he won re-election,” according to Henry Olsen, a senior fellow at the conservative Ethics and Public Policy Center…”
“The Trump Administration has attempted to restrict mail-in voting and gather voter data from several states.”
“… for her time as a Tea Party advocate and ferocious fighter for President Donald Trump's MAGA movement, mentioned the 2025 mass shooting at Florida State University, which claimed the lives of two people and injured six others, as an instance of AI gone…”
“Trump promised the $15 billion steel plant would create 1,750 permanent jobs and roughly 6,000 construction jobs.The announcement caught many in the state, including on to approve the tax incentives, by surprise.”
“There is a backlash to Donald Trump—his approval rating is somewhere around net negative 23, which makes him historically unpopular, less popular than he was going into the midterms in 2018, less popular than Biden was going into the midterms in 2022.”
“When Kevin Warsh was sworn in as chairman of the Federal Reserve, he touted a planned policy regime change for America’s central bank and pledged not to repeat past mistakes.”
“AMAZON MAKES NEW DATA CENTER COMMITMENTS: Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman wrote in a new post that the company will spend $1 billion over the next five years in communities that house data centers, with the funds going towards education, job training,…”
“Last month, Max Springer, a postdoctoral research fellow at Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy, tested the prospect of identifying voters based on their Georgia ballots with a $20 subscription to an AI large language model and…”
“The Trump administration says that October 1 marks the dawn of a new era in global healthcare.”
“A report from Schneider Electric, a company that specializes in digital automation and energy management, projects that electricity demand will increase 16% by 2029, mainly due to the proliferation of data centers.”
“Trump on Tuesday gathered tech leaders, including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, at the White House, where he vowed “very smart companies are going to be making massive contributions to communities” where they are building data centers.”
“BEIRUT — For decades, the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the U.S. has centered on an often-mentioned but rarely tested supposition: If the kingdom were attacked, America would come to its rescue.”
“United States President Donald Trump has kicked off a 32-day campaign tour ahead of the November midterm elections that could see his Republican Party hurt by his handling of the war on Iran and the economy.”
“Among those spotted there was entrepreneur Mark Cuban, whose company Cost Plus Drugs teamed up with Trump on TrumpRx, the president’s plan to reduce the cost of drugs.”
“He's urged the EU as a whole to improve relations with China since Donald Trump's re-election two years ago.”
“If not, you may not have seen that it includes what could be the first federal regulations for data centers.”
“On April 3, four weeks after Donald Trump claimed the Iran War would be over in four to five weeks, and with his approval ratings in reputable polls dipping below 40 percent, the president made a wildly audacious ask: Congress, he said, should approve a…”
“Trump dismissed widespread opposition to the rapid build-out of data centers, including among his own base, as a prescription for a poorer America.”
“A survey released in September by the Center for the Future of Arizona found long-term water supplies were, for the first time, the top concern of Arizona voters.”
“The agency sent a research ship, planes, weather balloons and unmanned aircraft into the Pacific to collect data about the atmosphere.”
“Egg prices have tumbled since Trump returned to office.”
“The House left town two weeks before the Senate after passing bills like the data center legislation, giving lawmakers more time to campaign in their districts.”
“The summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump in Washington last week, which focused in part on trade between the world’s two largest economies, had given the legislation renewed momentum.”
“A MASSIVE NUCLEAR-POWERED DATA CENTER FACILITY ON UTAH PUBLIC LAND: The start-up nuclear company Valar Atomics plans to make hundreds of reactors and data centers on public land in Utah.”
“The swirl of scandal around Patel seemed like it would imminently end his career, but the Trump administration’s depth and breadth of scandal is such that Patel was able to fade into the background for a few months as others took center-stage.”
“Official data from the Statistical Center of Iran earlier this month showed gross domestic product (GDP) contracting 10.1 percent year on year between March 21 and June 20, while the crucial oil and gas sector shrank 26.4 percent.”
“They’ll have one last shot Wednesday to address a sliver of the issue with a bill targeting data centers and voters' pocketbooks, but Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and his caucus are poised to block it.”
“A startup wants to build a massive nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah A startup whose founder has vowed to "make nuclear great again" is planning to place hundreds of reactors on federal land in Utah, according to documents reviewed by NPR.”
“NANCY CORDES: 00:07:37 Do you want them to stay away from homes when they're building these data centers?”
“The concerns primarily stemmed from a report by the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, which claimed it had obtained documents that said Google would only pay for a third of the cost needed to construct the power plant, Cypress Solar, that would generate energy for…”
“Kansas Republicans and cattle industry organizations have second-guessed and criticized the Trump administration following a recent flurry of arrests targeting illegal immigrants at cattle processing facilities in the state.”
“In August, Trump signed an executive order aimed at getting states to modify childhood vaccine recommendations by splitting the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three separate shots and spacing out childhood appointments — a plan public health…”
“When I tagged along for 10 campaign stops over three days just ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday, the subjects Sand was asked about most often were toxic water, cancer, data centers, and a succession of healthcare horrors.”
“Some experts still downplay the existential worries and caution that putting the breaks on AI development could strengthen the West’s adversaries and deprive the world of countless benefits; non-expert Donald Trump called the alarm-ringing a “hoax.””
“Moscow and Pyongyang previously placed planks on a nearby rail bridge to access each other's territory via road.”
“Trump’s suggestion that Beijing buy US weapons was another off-script remark that appeared to stray from official policy, prompting the State Department to clarify that Washington has no such plans.”
“Moscow's forces pounded apartment buildings, offices, data centers and a building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in downtown Kyiv in a brazen daytime attack.”
“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.”
“In a modern five-story building in the center of Hamburg, Germany, technicians are preparing to install several new “racks”—gray metal casings that hold computing hardware—alongside the scores that already line the narrow, dimly lit corridors of the German…”
“…he popular backlash, the Environmental Protection Agency is planning to nix the rule that requires states to solicit public input on applications for air pollution permits for industrial facilities like datacenters and the power plants that feed them, which…”
“Palm Beach County — home to President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago — passed a one-year moratoriam on the planning and construction of data centers as commissioners seek to conduct a thorough review of data centers’ impacts on the environment, noise pollution,…”
“A sign on a country road to Glasgow, 30 miles north of Roanoke, read: “Farmers for Beth Macy: Protect Family Farms, Stop Data Centers.””
“In the face of surging AI energy demand, Trump instituted the Ratepayer Protection Pledge, under which data center developers committed to building, buying, or bringing in their own power and paying for all associated grid upgrades rather than shifting costs…”
“…e representative introduced companion legislation alongside senator Bernie Sanders that would temporarily prohibit the construction of datacenters until Congress produces legislation to create guardrails for the environmental, safety and economic impacts of…”
“In returning Donald Trump to the White House, MAGA faithful wanted to see change.”
“RUNDOWN The Associated Press Europe uses subsidies, taxes and policy pauses to offset pain of high fuel prices Politico Republicans say they want to address data centers.”
““It is a processing facility, not a detention center,” the agency said in an email to Conecta Arizona.”
“He added the health system’s proposals were designed to be scalable, and system administrators plan to share data and best practices learned from the initiatives with providers that want to implement similar projects in their communities.”
“Both Senator Jon Husted (R-Ohio) and Senator Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico) went to the podium on the Senate floor last week with a similar message: AI labs should pay for the energy costs associated with their ballooning data-center footprint, rather than…”
“The Trump administration is removing 760,000 people enrolled in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace on allegations of fraud, officials said on Tuesday – adding to previous efforts to chip away at federally subsidized insurance programs and likely…”
“The Trump administration appears determined to enter this war—even as public sentiment “is sharply turning against both this regime and against AI and the data centers,””
“Khanna’s plan calls for billions of dollars that funds grants for states and tribal organizations to cover the cost of licensed childcare for eligible families, aims to increase the supply of childcare, support providers' operating costs, and raise…”
“Last week the Pentagon’s chief technology officer tweeted out a photo of President Donald Trump pumping his fist, with overlaid text saying, “Americanism, Not Effective Altruism.””
“The Trump administration is one of the most visible holdouts, while Democrats and Republicans in Congress and in statehouses around the country call for slowdowns, pauses, and moratoria on frontier models and data center projects.”
“Trump officials say the administration's practices serve to further the agency's goals.”
“The latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shows that by spring this year, computer and information science enrollment has fallen by 8.4% at four-year institutions.”
“This week, member states planned more than 1,000 bilateral meetings, according to UN data.”
“President Trump has repeatedly called for eliminating the debt ceiling, putting him at odds with most of his party, but in line with a significant number of Democrats in Congress.”
“In July, the Trump administration launched what it called “a national K-12 initiative to crack down on sexual predators in schools,” citing instances where schools failed to investigate credible reports of abuse or allowed accused perpetrators to change roles…”
“President Donald Trump has resisted recent calls for greater government oversight, putting him at odds with tech leaders including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and xAI’s Elon Musk.”
“…the Florida Republican pulled no punches as he tied anti-Israel sentiment and opposition to domestic AI data centers directly to foreign influence operations by Iran and China, positioning himself as an unapologetic fighter for President Donald Trump’s…”
“Greg Abbott expanded the state’s temporary ban on data centers yesterday, ordering the state’s environmental regulator to halt all data center-related permits.”
“AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 22, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MiningNewsWire Editorial Coverage: Rare earth elements sit quietly inside electric vehicle motors, wind turbines, data centers, advanced defense systems — and much more.”
“Rivas says some parents have talked to him about contingency plans in case they remain in a detention center for longer.”
““If Governor Hochul was sincere about jump-starting nuclear power to cut electricity prices, she would be pressing the Trump administration to expedite the recommissioning of the Indian Point nuclear power plant, where the extensive infrastructure needed is…”
“Trump was then photographed aboard Air Force One looking at a large printout appearing to show demolition plans for the center.”
“It’s deprived the party of an asset that has tended to shield them even when the chips were down, heading into an election where they are trying to hang on to control of both chambers of Congress. 🗳️ More from the NBC News poll: - Voters recoil at candidates…”
“NEWSOM SIGNS SEVEN BILLS TO REGULATE DATA CENTERS: Democratic California Gov.”
“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.”
“Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Friday evening to protest Trump’s takeover of the building and his threat to shut it down or even demolish it unless his name goes onto the facade.”
“More than 60 percent of counties with bans are rural, according to a Daily Yonder and Canary Media analysis of data from USA Today and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University.”
“Those delays come as the Trump administration moves to boost the coal industry and as cases of black lung are surging – reaching a nearly 50-year high, according to data published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine last month.”
“Imagery of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown dominated the artwork made of locally grown seeds and plants – a sign, she said, that the state’s voters have not moved on from the trauma and disruption caused by Operation Metro Surge.”
“Loudoun County, Virginia: When plans first dropped for a big new data centre next to Lindsay Shaw’s home in Sterling, Virginia, she welcomed it.”
“On the other side of Pennsylvania Avenue, President Donald Trump has spent energy on inflation-inducing trade wars and Washington-centric legacy projects such as putting his name on the Kennedy Center and building a towering “triumphal” arch while making…”
“…xperience of a lifetime”, Isaacman gushed on X, to accompany Trump on Air Force One to the Johnson Space Center in Houston last month, where the academy announcement was staged before rows of Nasa’s civilian astronaut corps bedecked in their blue flight…”
“…have been ordered removed from the US by immigration judges since Trump returned to the White House, a doubling of such court orders since January 2025, according to analysis of data from the Department of Justice’s executive office for immigration review…”
“Sunday, Sept. 13 – Trump Eliminates Greenhouse Gas Emission Limits on Power Plants The New York Times reported that the Trump administration would eliminate a rule that limited greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.”
“While the House passed a bill to shield consumers from higher energy costs that result from new data centers, members left Washington this week without deciding whether to take any action on the broader issue of regulating AI development.”
“TRUMP CONSIDERS MORE DATA CENTERS ON PUBLIC LANDS: The Trump administration is evaluating at least 12 data centers or related projects to be built on federal lands, The Washington Sun reports.”
“When Sam Altman says he’s summoning a digital god, and we’re going to have utopia with AI, and yeah, let me cover the whole world with data centers and accelerate the climate crisis because it’s going to be utopia … he’s doing the story.”
“The center is currently closed due to what its Trump-backed leadership described as safety issues caused by age and structural deficiencies.”
“Twelve percent said they would like to see a data center built in their area, compared with 31% for a semiconductor fabrication plant, 26% for an automobile manufacturing plant, and 26% for an e-commerce fulfillment center.”
“The resolution mirrors the Trump administration’s White House ratepayer protection pledge, in which big tech, governors, utilities, and data centers pledge to prevent households from bearing the energy costs associated with data center construction.”
“APP focuses on promoting socially conservative public policies centered on the family.”
“President Donald Trump, as the nation’s chief executive officer and commander in chief, must use the bully pulpit of his office to warn that decisions to stifle data centers and the AI ecosystem would not only jeopardize our national security now and in the…”
“…n analysis by the Trace and the Guardian of the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the gun homicide rate among 15-to-19-year-olds has declined from its peak in 2022, but it’s still roughly the same or higher today than…”
“The campaign includes a mobile vaccine clinic – a 33ft traveling RV that brings vaccinations to pop-up community events – school district partnerships and vaccination data transparency, all to keep immunization rates from sliding.”
“What’s more, after Congress decided not to renew subsidies for people buying health insurance from Affordable Care Act Exchanges, many consumers switched to lower quality plans that will cost them more if they have catastrophic or chronic health issues,…”
“Blue Energy plans to first install gas turbines at the site, where it will provide power to a Crusoe data center as early as 2028.”
“There are currently 1,287 data centers in operation in the U.S., with more than 2,000 planned projects, according to Clearview, a market intelligence company tracking U.S. power infrastructure and data center development.”
“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.”
“Hours before the vote, a district court ruled against the Board’s latest effort to add Trump’s name back to the building—this time, in recognition of his purported role in the planned renovations.”
“Melania praised the school for offering knowledge which 'no hurricane can destroy' First lady Melania Trump is traveling to North Carolina on Tuesday to visit a local school Melania said that it's 'very important' that the US 'lead' in AI as a country…”
“The Scoop The US Commerce Department last month ordered Kalshi to take down one of its products tracking the price of AI compute, the crucial power from data centers that’s driving the artificial intelligence boom.”
“No doubt you’ve seen him out there defending the Trump White House’s policies on the Iran war, rising costs, and more.”
“President Trump disagrees with the criticism of AI and data centers, calling the pushback a "sick conspiracy" that would benefit China, an AI competitor. - 🎧 There is a debate in the global AI industry over whether Chinese companies can surpass the United…”
“An anti-data center bus tour traversing key midterm states will add another complication for Republican candidates in tight races who are trying to navigate Trump’s support of the AI infrastructure with growing voter opposition — and it’s being spearheaded by…”
“…are increasingly aligned around the argument for greater government intervention, but Republicans are divided: Trump recently posted that data center opponents want to be “backwards and poor,” while other figures are simply dismissive of warnings about…”
“In Australia, where the AI kings have been drawn to the abundance of spare land and energy, the country has become home to 162 data centres, with plans afoot for a further 90.”
“Experts and recent reports, like one by the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, said China has emerged as an AI counterweight to the U.S. and this year appears to be erasing the U.S. lead.”
“If all goes according to their plan, AI data centers will enable corporations to redistribute workers’ salaries to themselves.”
“What started with concerns over job losses and then the impact of massive data center construction on electricity rates and water consumption has now spread to mankind’s vulnerability to AI agents.”
“President Donald Trump doubled down on data centers this week, rejecting calls to slow development after previously warning that communities blocking the facilities would "end up being backwards and poor."”
“President Donald Trump’s “Operation Epic Fury” assault on Iran cost $33.4 billion in its first four months and has resulted in a munitions shortfall, according to a report by the Department of Defense’s inspector general.”
“The Trump administration has also"Depending on what happens with the settlement, this could be an even bigger expansion," said Katie Keith, director of the Center for Health Policy and the Law at the Georgetown University Law Center.”
“Federal prosecutors have charged 280 people since 2014 with ISIS-related crimes, including 212 U.S. citizens, according to the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center.”
“He complained: “There is a SICK conspiracy going on against AI and Data Centers, and the only one that is happy about it is China.”
“One cautioned that this stress could lead to a “breakdown” in the military’s ability to effectively continue a war that President Donald Trump said would end in early April.”
“Trump called climate change “the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world” at a speech to the United Nations last year, and his administration withdrew the US — for the second time — from the 2015 Paris climate accord that sets voluntary goals to curb…”
“Data centers, once infrastructure that interested few outside the tech industry and planning commissions, are becoming objects of intense opposition worldwide.”
“Building more hyperscale data centers: “It is a national security imperative for the United States to achieve and maintain unquestioned and unchallenged global technological dominance,””
“At least 11 datacenters are planned throughout Michigan, and three hyperscaler-size ones are proposed in district 7 alone, with another recently struck down by Lansing’s city council.”
“Trump and Xi could discuss AI governance at summit Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are expected to discuss AI governance, among other topics, at a meeting planned on Sept. 24.”
“…mental Protection Network, are warning in a new report that since January 2025, Donald Trump’s EPA has embarked on a systematic weakening of pollution safeguards, permitting processes, inspection norms, and other guardrails—at least 30 different actions—that…”
“At the center of their story is a quiet revolution in the American economy: the rise of a particular kind of private business.”
“The U.S. government spends billions employing private corporations to obtain mountains of data — and the surveillance space is only getting more privatized in Donald Trump’s second term.”
“There have been “years where I feel completely overpowered to the point where I’m not motivated to take part,” said Murillo, who didn’t vote in 2024 but plans to do so in November.”
“Celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary, whose 40,000-acre data center proposal in Utah was met with furious backlash, promptly labeled his opponents Chinese Communist Party plants and declared his project a national security necessity.”
“Trump raised the idea of such a dividend on Wednesday night at the Republican National Committee's , Vice President JD Vance told Fox News that the U.S. would fund the payment using tariff revenue collected by the Trump administration, and that it would be…”
“DATA CENTER PROJECT IS CENTRAL TO UAE’S GLOBAL AI AMBITIONS Plans for the UAE-US AI Campus, which is being built in partnership with American tech companies, were announced during President Donald Trump's visit last year to the wealthy Gulf state.”
““Trump’s latest economic attack is part of a bigger plan to weaken Canada’s industrial base and undermine our national sovereignty,””
“They live where data centers are being built, many of them shouldering the net negatives of the AI buildout such as increased water and energy usage.”
“Known as CHMR and pronounced “chimmer,” the framework called for a specialized center to collect strike data and for advisers embedded with regional commands to help mitigate the risk to noncombatants.”
“The three scheduled witnesses invited by Republican lawmakers to testify at the hearing bring together three different fronts in the emerging foreign-influence investigation: Cuba's influence infrastructure inside the United States, the Chinese Communist…”
“As this data set reflects only searches of Flock cameras that extended to Plano’s network, this is assuredly just a tiny fraction of the total number of “Curfew/Loitering/Vagrancy Violations” investigations using Flock nationwide.”
“Last year President Donald Trump announced to the surprise of everyone that Alcatraz prison would be reopened.”
“Going back to what you were saying about how fast you’re moving and the demand for compute capacity, how is that making you think about your data center targets?”
“Approaching the halfway point of Trump’s second term, a president who won reelection based on a promise to turn the economy around now faces a reckoning in the midterm elections centered largely on his economic record.”
“In other news … - Hawaii has declared a state of emergency as powerful Hurricane Lowell makes its way toward the islands. - The Trump administration renewed its appeal to the US supreme court to allow restrictions on mail-in voting, after a federal judge had…”
“Heavy legal opposition to Trump’s two executive orders on elections to curb voting rights and supplant the authority of states on election matters has come from the Democracy Defenders Fund, the Campaign Legal Center, the American Civil Liberties Union and…”
“Elon Musk’s xAI announced at LEAP it plans to build its first data center outside the US in Saudi Arabia.”
“Notable - NBC News reporter Sahil Kapur, who asked Jeffries that big agenda question on Tuesday, writes more about the agenda, and left-wing frustration that it’s not bolder. - In Axios, Andrew Solender covers the two-vote rebellion against Jeffries on the…”
“Conversely, for some young attorneys with an interest in the energy transition, the fact that much of the data center buildout is being powered by new natural gas plants has been a turnoff for joining digital infrastructure teams, another said.”
“She was president and co-founder of Voters for Choice (which later merged with the Planned Parenthood Action Fund), and was co-founder of the reproductive rights organization Choice USA (now URGE).”
“President Donald Trump remains a strong supporter of data centre investment, warning that towns that reject them risk becoming "backward and poor".”
“So far, 18 U.S. service members have been killed during the Iran war -- for a total of 808 casualties, according to Department of Defense data.”
“Even Wolff, whose two turbines sit at the eastern edge of the wind farm and are not visible from the town center, says county officials could have mitigated the Badger project’s visual impacts through more robust planning and zoning.”
“Yesterday, I chatted with Eli about the model, the midterms and Michigan — and Trump’s approval rating, which once again recently hit a record low in our tracking.”
“The Trump Factor Federal and provincial officials have also pitched data centres as a necessity to bolster Canada’s sovereignty at a time when tensions are high with the U.S.”
“OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said 38,000 ChatGPT queries use only as much water as it takes to produce a single almond – shrugging off widespread concerns over data centers’ water usage.”
“The AKA, through its nonprofit arm, the Center for Plant Science and Health, has donated more than $100,000 to the school.”
“The EPA’s efforts to support data centers also extend to the power plants being built to supply energy to them.”
“It has already announced plans for six gigawatts of AI data centers in the kingdom by 2034, secured a 16 gigawatt power commitment from the Saudi Ministry of Energy, has an agreement with the US government for the supply of AI semiconductors, and has deals…”
“The Alpha system is centered on the idea that students can “crush academics,” like reading and math lessons, in just two hours a day.”
“The Markup, now a part of CalMatters, uses investigative reporting, data analysis, and software engineering to challenge technology to serve the public good.”
“In the case of Lake Ontario – as in so many such cases, from Sharpiegate to the great data center debate – Trump and his GOP lackeys are pulling a modified Orwell: telling Americans to reject the evidence of their eyes and ears, in this case to distract from…”
“The View From Washington DC The US Department of Defense plans to withdraw 200 troops who were deployed to Nigeria in February as part of the Trump administration’s counter-terrorism assistance.”
“At the center of their effort is a task force of at least 11 senators, as well as staff and a constellation of outside experts and groups convened by top congressional Democrats to protect against what Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., describes…”
“The update is part of President Trump's expansive changes to nuclear oversight, as his administration seeks to revive nuclear energy to power data centers for artificial intelligence.”
“According to data released by the Center for American Progress, in the 10 months following the Trump administration’s “Liberation Day” tariffs last April—which introduced a baseline 10-percent tariff on all imported goods—the US lost 89,000 manufacturing jobs…”
“Apparently, the OpenAI agents “realized” they needed more tools to complete the challenge and managed to tunnel their way to the wider internet and infiltrate Hugging Face’s repository of open-source AI tools, code, and data sets.”
“Monday’s strike marks the latest in a series of US military strikes since the Donald Trump administration launched what it described as a campaign targeting “narco-terrorists” smuggling drugs into the US, despite numerous reports indicating that the strikes…”
“This follows both from how serious the possible direct risks are and the risk that political backlash to AI-driven disruptions results in poorly-reasoned policy measures, such as broad bans on new data centers.”
“The improvements in survival are largely due to seat belt laws and federal investments in research and trauma centers that can treat injuries quickly.”
“Concerns over the climate crisis, rising power bills, tax breaks for AI companies and water shortages – two-thirds of more than 800 planned datacenters are located in drought-stricken areas – has fueled mounting local opposition to data center construction.”
“A preliminary Supreme Court decision allowing President Donald Trump’s directive restricting mail-in voting has cast deep uncertainty over the voting process used by nearly a third of the American electorate, even if it fails to alter a single procedure ahead…”
“It isn’t data centers driving up residential rates but a combination of issues with our aging power grid, President Donald Trump’s pointless war in Iran, and the ongoing war in Ukraine.”
“As more data centers connect to the grid, utilities may need additional power plants, transmission lines, substations and other infrastructure to serve them.”
“Here's how the system to report problems in ICE detention has failed immigrants One of the last remaining checks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement and private-prison contractors running immigration detention centers has all but collapsed, leaving…”
“Navy considers plan to rename aircraft carrier for Trump, instead of Black war hero - report One week after Donald Trump ordered his navy secretary to redesign a new aircraft carrier, the USS Doris Miller - to scrap the modern electromagnetic system used to…”
“They launch an extensive sabotage campaign against their rival (let’s say China), hacking their data centers or even escalating to low-level terrorism.”
“In fact, people oppose other AI infrastructure (such as chip manufacturing plants) significantly less than they oppose data centers, and support for non-AI data centers (like for Internet services) is barely above that for AI centers (11% vs. 9%).”
“In the second half of last year, there were an estimated 400,000 children on waitlists for childcare assistance programs across the U.S., according to a report by the National Women's Law Center released in May.”
“Republicans reportedly fear datacenter backlash could cost them Ohio Senate seat Amid signs that the Ohio Republican senator Jon Husted’s support for the AI datacenters Donald Trump touts at every opportunity could cost him his seat, and imperil the…”
“They use APIs from our services to bring all the data together, and they basically work day to day now in a Glaze app where they get all the support requests.”
“Despite war in Ukraine, Western countries still import Russian uranium to fuel nuclear reactors While Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military occupies Ukraine’s largest nuclear plant and attacks the country's power infrastructure, Europe and the United…”
“After multiple flare-ups and suggestions of an imminent accord, there do not appear to be any concrete plans to end the 24-week war. - President Trump threatened Monday to bomb Oman if the country "gets in the way" of U.S. efforts to war with Iran, according…”
“But Zuckerberg’s version is notable for the way that it celebrates individual voices and democracy at the same time that Meta is working to warp the democratic process through secretive data center deals, aggressive lobbying against state-level AI…”
“Trump said Wednesday the Strait of Hormuz won't be "as important as it was in the past," adding that a record number of oil pipelines are being built. , in the planning stage or being discussed as possibilities, according to government officials, oil…”
“The Trump administration's federal work requirements exempt certain groups of people: those with disabilities, those older than 64, pregnant people and Native Americans, among others.”