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Trump says any governor or mayor should want to welcome an AI data center
President Donald Trump urged governors and mayors to welcome AI plants and data centers into their communities, saying he would “absolutely want” such projects because of the jobs and tax revenue they bring.
President Donald Trump said earlier this week that any governor or local government official should want to welcome the construction of AI data centers.
“The construction jobs are enormous. We’re building the biggest plants anywhere in the world. And I can say, if I were the mayor of a town or the governor of a state, and I had a chance to get a big plant in an AI plant or a data center, I would absolutely want it because the jobs are enormous, and the money paid, the taxes paid are just enormous,” Trump said at the White House on Wednesday.
“And if you don’t take it, you’re going to be left behind because there are plenty of places that want it,” he added during a meeting with technology and cryptocurrency industry leaders in the Roosevelt Room. “But if I were a governor or mayor, I would want that plant in my community. And many of them are designed in a very beautiful way. It’s really very positive.”
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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with crypto and prediction market executives in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 19, 2026. (Al Drago/The Washington Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images / Getty Images)
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