"Let data reign": Trump and AI investors wage campaign to save data centers

AxiosAugust 31, 2026en

President Trump has a new message for Americans rebelling over the nation's data-center boom : Get over it. "If we kill the Golden Goose, you will only have yourselves to blame," Trump warned Monday. Why it matters: Nine weeks out from the midterms, the president is charging into a fight Republicans have been scrambling to escape — staking his political capital on one of the most toxic issues in the country. What they're saying: "The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor," Trump wrote on Truth Social . "If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data

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