{"slug": "trump-says-communities-opposed-to-data-centers-want-to-be-backwards-and-poor", "title": "Trump says communities opposed to data centers want to be ‘backwards and poor’", "summary": "President Donald Trump said Monday on Truth Social that communities opposing AI data centers will become 'backwards and poor,' arguing that those wanting to be 'successful and rich' should welcome the facilities. The statement comes amid growing local resistance to data center construction over concerns about energy use and environmental impact.", "body_md": "President Trump said Monday that communities that do not want AI data centers will suffer economically. “The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “If they want to be successful and rich, with far…", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-says-communities-opposed-to-data-centers-want-to-be-backwards-and-poor", "canonical_source": "https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6061094-trump-ai-data-centers-economy/", "published_at": "2026-08-31 15:36:53+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-31 15:55:02.328845+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Donald Trump", "Truth Social"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-says-communities-opposed-to-data-centers-want-to-be-backwards-and-poor", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-says-communities-opposed-to-data-centers-want-to-be-backwards-and-poor.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-says-communities-opposed-to-data-centers-want-to-be-backwards-and-poor.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-says-communities-opposed-to-data-centers-want-to-be-backwards-and-poor.jsonld"}}