Trump urges data center operators to pay community dividend and generate own power
Donald Trump has called on data center companies to pay a dividend to host communities and produce their own power to win local support and speed up construction.
Donald Trump called on data center developers to pay local communities a dividend and generate their own electricity to overcome public opposition and accelerate construction, according to reports by Reuters, CNBC, and the Economic Times.[2][3][4][1]
In a social media statement, Trump asserted that new and large data centers should make their own electricity and give or sell excess supply back to the grid to avoid electric price increases. He advised operators that paying a dividend directly to communities or individual residents can turn unpopular projects into favored ones, urging companies to make deals and get them built.[2][4][5]
Market commentator Shay Boloor highlighted that local opposition has reportedly stalled over $170 billion in projects, noting that funding on-site generation and resident payouts could prove advantageous to tech giants like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta compared to enduring prolonged delays on artificial intelligence infrastructure.[5]
Key facts
- Donald Trump called on data center developers to pay a dividend to local communities or individuals to win support.
- Trump stated that large data centers must generate their own electricity and provide surplus power to the local grid.
- Trump urged data center developers to make deals and get projects built.
- Local community opposition has reportedly stalled more than $170 billion in data center projects.
Sources · 5 sources
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The Straits Times@straits_timesPost on X ·
Trump says companies should pay ‘dividend’ to communities to make data centres popular https://t.co/AGN6TwEUjN
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Economic Times@EconomicTimesPost on X ·
'Make deals and get them built': Trump calls on data centre companies to pay a 'dividend' https://t.co/peQOCopxlu
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Reuters@ReutersPost on X ·
Trump says companies should pay 'dividend' to communities to make data centers popular https://t.co/v8sHv4BBlS https://t.co/v8sHv4BBlS
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CNBC@CNBCPost on X ·
'MAKE DEALS': Trump says data centers should pay communities a 'dividend' to win support https://t.co/fHB8zi1Wkt
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Shay Boloor@StockSavvyShayPost on X ·
President Trump wants AI data center developers to pay local communities a “dividend” and bring their own power as local opposition has reportedly stalled over $170B in projects. That could actually favor $GOOGL, $AMZN, $MSFT, $SPCX and $META because paying residents and building on-site power may be far cheaper than delaying billions in AI infrastructure for another year.
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