{
  "id": 5035866,
  "title": "Trump calls data center opponents ‘backwards and poor’ as the industry props up the economy—but his own party wants nothing to do with it",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/trump-calls-data-center-opponents-backwards-and-poor-as-the-industry",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-02T06:36:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/09/02/trump-data-center-backwards-poor-gdp-us-economy-politics-midterms-elections-bipartisan/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "President Trump criticized opponents of data centers in a recent post on Truth Social, labeling them as \"backwards and poor\" and touting the benefits of welcoming such facilities. He praised the industry as the \"Golden Goose\" and warned that China would be happy to see American towns reject these investments. While data center spending has become a significant driver of U.S. economic growth, the issue has become highly polarized, with Republicans and Democrats largely in agreement that they don't want data centers near them. The reason for this divide is that data centers offer economic benefits, such as lower taxes and job creation, but also come with negative local impacts, such as high electricity consumption and potential job losses due to automation. This local opposition makes the issue highly contentious, cutting across party lines and causing bipartisan backlash. The construction of a single data center campus can employ thousands for a short period, but the long-term job creation is minimal, with only 300 permanent jobs created for every 4,000 construction jobs in a typical project. Moreover, data centers rarely result in significant long-term local employment, creating an economic paradox where tax breaks used to attract these projects have drawn bipartisan criticism, with at least 10 states losing over $100 million annually in revenue from data center tax incentives.",
  "summary": "Data centers are fueling US growth, but bipartisan backlash is forcing candidates to run from them before the midterms.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}