Trump Backs Data Centers as 2 Parties’ Voters Grow Wary
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Updated · The Washington Post · Aug 27
Trump Backs Data Centers as 2 Parties’ Voters Grow Wary
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Aug 27
Summary
President Donald Trump is still publicly championing the fast-growing data-center buildout, even as resistance spreads among Republicans across the country.
Republican officials are increasingly turning against proposed projects after data centers angered local voters, putting Trump at odds with parts of his own party.
Voter anxiety now spans both parties, widening the political backlash against a tech-industry expansion that Trump continues to defend.
The split leaves Trump as one of the industry’s most prominent political backers as data centers become a broader local and national flashpoint.