Trump is right to put his neck on the line for data centers

On Wednesday, speaking at the White House alongside crypto executives, President Trump noted that he would “absolutely” want a data center in his community. “If I were the mayor of a town or the governor of a state, and I had a chance to get a big plant in, an AI plant or a data center, I would absolutely want it because the jobs are enormous and the money paid, the taxes paid, are just enormous,” he said. It was a rare and refreshing defense of infrastructure that has become a bête noire for Republicans and Democrats alike, despite the…