Trump says companies should pay 'dividend' to communities to make data centres popular


Trump says companies should pay 'dividend' to communities to make data centres popular <br> US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that companies ​building data centres should pay a &quot;dividend&quot; to the communities &zwnj;where they are sited if they want to make the developments popular. &quot;I have watched the process closely, and data centres that were highly unpopular in ​a certain area have become extremely popular when a ​financial deal is struck,&quot; Trump said in a Truth Social ⁠post. Data centres fueling the rise of AI have become a ​political flashpoint in communities across the country given the high quantities of ​water and power they require, with opposition uniting voters across ideological lines. The Trump administration, which has prioritised rapid AI development to compete with China, has ​also noted the shifting voter sentiment. Read:&nbsp;&#39;Apartheid automation&#39;: How Israel uses AI to monitor Palestinian land, movement and lives &quot;New and large, in some cases ​gigantic, Data (centers) are mandated by me to make their own electricity, and give &zwnj;or ⁠sell any excess back to the local community, or grid,&quot; Trump said in his post. Trump said in February that major technology companies must build their own power plants for their data centres in ​order to protect ​consumers from rising ⁠bills. AI giant Anthropic and Elon Musk have laid out blueprints in recent days for sharing some of ​the spoils of the AI boom. The creator of Claude ​models ⁠said over the weekend it is committing 5% of its shares to a new fund for the &quot;public good&quot;, while Musk pledged on Monday ⁠to ​give one SpaceX share to &quot;every kid in ​America&quot;, arguing for such direct distributions as the burgeoning sector faces public scrutiny. <br> <img src="https://tribune.com.pk/story/2636130/trump-says-companies-should-pay-dividend-to-communities-to-make-data-centres-popular" alt=" Trump says companies should pay 'dividend' to communities to make data centres popular" width="100%">

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