Trump says AI data centres should pay ‘dividends’

Author: Al Jazeera StaffPublished on: October 21, 2026Country: United States

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Trump says AI data centres should pay ‘dividends’

Donald Trump said companies operating AI data centres should pay “dividends” to local communities or residents to make the facilities more popular. In a Wednesday post on Truth Social, he said financial deals had turned opposition to data centres into support in some areas. His comments come ahead of the November 3 midterm elections, as concerns about the centres’ water and energy use grow and several Republican candidates call for tighter restrictions. Trump had strongly defended data centres in late August.

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