{
  "id": 4687319,
  "title": "\"Let data reign\": Trump and AI investors wage campaign to save data centers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/let-data-reign-trump-and-ai-investors-wage-campaign-to-save-data",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-31T18:22:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Axios",
    "slug": "axios",
    "url": "https://www.axios.com/2026/08/31/trump-data-centers-backlash-ai-campaign"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Trump has warned Americans against opposing data centers, even as the AI industry launches a targeted campaign to sway skeptics. In a bid to appeal to voters before the midterms, Trump argues that data centers are essential for a prosperous future, promising lower taxes, job growth and revitalized towns. However, a recent poll shows that 61% of Americans oppose new data centers, including 54% of Republicans. Build American AI, an advocacy group backed by pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future, is investing $50 million to defend data centers in key states, while tech leaders like Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang join the cause. Critics argue that Trump's intervention will only fuel backlash, as Democrats capitalize on the issue to portray AI as a wealthy elite project imposed on ordinary Americans.",
  "summary": "President Trump has a new message for Americans rebelling over the nation's data-center boom : Get over it. \"If we kill the Golden Goose, you will only have yourselves to blame,\" Trump warned Monday. Why it matters: Nine weeks out from the midterms, the president is charging into a fight Republicans have been scrambling to escape — staking his political capital on one of the most toxic issues in…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Hardware",
        "title": "Trump says communities that reject data centers 'want to end up being backwards and poor' — President claims China 'could not be happier' with AI data center backlash in the US",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/trump-says-communities-that-reject-data-centers-want-to-end-up-being",
        "published": "2026-08-31T17:05:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC Technology",
        "title": "Trump says U.S. communities opposing AI data centers could end up 'backwards and poor'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/trump-says-u-s-communities-opposing-ai-data-centers-could-end-up",
        "published": "2026-08-31T17:32:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}