- Trump urged U.S. communities to accept data centers, framing them as a source of jobs, lower taxes and economic growth.
- The National Republican Senatorial Committee said data-center opposition has become a central issue in Ohio's Senate special election and warned that the backlash extends beyond the state.
- Opponents cite electricity costs, power demand, water use and local impacts, creating a political constraint on the pace of AI data-center construction.
Quotes
“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”
“The pace and scale of the backlash is genuinely breathtaking — we've never seen anything like it”
“More than any other thing in this race, data centers are the anchor hanging around Husted's neck.”