Sponsored: Data centers and the social license to build
Summary
<p>Community and social impact management is not simply a risk to be mitigated, but an opportunity to build the durable trust and maturity the sector will need</p>
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President Trump on AI data centers: "It was my idea, actually, for every plant that's built—they build their own electricity... I think that any community that turns down AI is making a big mistake." pic.twitter.com/vjR1AKOuko
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 5, 2026
Trump: Any community that turns down AI is making a big mistake.. your house going to be more valuable—data centers, if you look at the stats, everything's good around them. pic.twitter.com/vaCjVLYymz
— Acyn (@Acyn) August 5, 2026
Trump:
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) August 5, 2026
Any community that turns down AI is making a big mistake. Your taxes are going to go way down. Your house is going to be more valuable. Data centers, if you look at the stats, everything's good around them. pic.twitter.com/ZKLSAWIJub
Trump: "I think any community that turns down AI is making a big mistake ... data centers, if you look at the state, everything is good around them" pic.twitter.com/f8Q9N05Ce2
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 5, 2026
I love President Trump but I’m not with him on the data centers.
— Derrick Evans (@DerrickEvans4WV) August 6, 2026
The opposition to data centers seems real and organic.
The need to shove data centers down the throats of communities who don’t want them seems to be manufactured. https://t.co/bLUkH3AEwp pic.twitter.com/0misRpohXV