{
  "id": 4735025,
  "title": "Communities opposed to data centers will end up \"backwards and poor,\" Trump says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/communities-opposed-to-data-centers-will-end-up-backwards-and-poor",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-31T22:45:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Semafor",
    "slug": "semafor",
    "url": "https://www.semafor.com/article/08/31/2026/trump-says-communities-opposed-to-data-centers-will-end-up-backwards-and-poor"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "US President Donald Trump has stated that communities opposed to data centers will face economic decline and backwardness, as he advocates for unrestricted data expansion. This sentiment comes amid intense bipartisan criticism of Big Tech, particularly ahead of the US midterm elections. Tech leaders have reportedly thrown financial support behind Trump, but experts caution that past attempts to sway politicians have proven ineffective. Democrats are considering leveraging subpoena power if they gain power in November, with a historical reminder of the contentious meeting between tech CEOs and Trump during his inauguration.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Politico EU",
        "title": "Trump: Communities that reject data centers will end up ‘backwards and poor’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/trump-communities-that-reject-data-centers-will-end-up-backwards-and",
        "published": "2026-08-31T15:41:13.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Trump says data centers are a 'golden goose' and communities will end up 'poor' without them",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/trump-says-data-centers-are-a-golden-goose-and-communities-will-end",
        "published": "2026-08-31T16:46:49.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Quartz",
        "title": "Trump warned communities opposing data centers they'll end up 'backwards and poor'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/trump-warned-communities-opposing-data-centers-theyll-end-up",
        "published": "2026-08-31T20:10:43.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "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."
}