‘Let Data Reign’: Trump goes all in on controversial data centers

Photo: President Donald J. Trump hosts a Rose Garden Dinner, Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Photo credit: “P20260831MR-2019” by The White House (Molly Riley) via Flickr, United States Government Work. Article by Emily Chang. ABC News – August 31, 2026.

President Donald Trump on Monday stressed his strong support for controversial data centers, a key issue ahead of midterm elections, with the president urging communities to “let Data Reign.” “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. If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign,” Trump wrote in a social media post on Monday morning. […]

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