‘Let Data Reign’: Trump decries opposition to data centres in US – Al Jazeera

‘Let Data Reign’: Trump decries opposition to data centres in US  Al Jazeera

Despite concerns over electricity and water consumption, US president calls on communities to embrace data centres. Despite concerns over their electricity and water consumption, US president calls on communities to embrace data centres. Despite bipartisan pushback against data centres in the United States, President Donald Trump has urged communities across the country to embrace the tech facilities, promising that they would bring jobs. Trump said on Monday that China is happy with what he called the “anti-Data Center movement”, suggesting that growing disapproval of the centres in the US would divert businesses to the world’s second largest economy. “The only reason that communities throughout the USA should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor,” Trump wrote in a social media post.

“If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign.” As more data centres open across the country, in part to power the growing use of artificial intelligence, the facilities have been met with scepticism – by both Republican and Democratic voters. Data centres consume an enormous amount of electricity, raising concerns about the effect on the power grid, including possible outages and increased utility bills. The Trump administration has backed a voluntary pledge by tech companies to entirely cover