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Trump Urges Towns to Welcome Data Centers for Prosperity

Trump made the case in Oval Office remarks that towns should approve data centers to gain revenue and higher home values.

Tweets quote President Trump saying towns that approve data centers will see houses gain value and local economies gain money, while those that refuse face poverty and decline. One post from Kalshi notes electricians earning up to $500,000 yearly on data center work. Other posts highlight Trump's claim that the facilities require little energy and contrast it with reports of high water use by golf courses and limited long-term staffing needs at the sites themselves.

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Trump Urges Towns to Welcome Data Centers for Prosperity

Trump made the case in Oval Office remarks that towns should approve data centers to gain revenue and higher home values.

Tweets quote President Trump saying towns that approve data centers will see houses gain value and local economies gain money, while those that refuse face poverty and decline. One post from Kalshi notes electricians earning up to $500,000 yearly on data center work. Other posts highlight Trump's claim that the facilities require little energy and contrast it with reports of high water use by golf courses and limited long-term staffing needs at the sites themselves.

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Kalshi@Kalshi Yesterday
JUST IN: AI research firm says electricians are making up to $500,000 per year from data center jobs
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Acyn@Acyn Yesterday
Trump: If you want your house to be more valuable, you want a data center. If you want to go through poverty, crime and squaller, don't approve data centers.
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Headquarters@HQNewsNow Yesterday
Trump: If I were running a state or a town, I would want as many data centers as I can because they throw off tremendous amounts of money. They don't take any energy.
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Liam Nissan™@theliamnissan Yesterday
Trump said data centers would "revitalize small towns" but after the initial construction phase it only takes about five people to manage one. Building a goddamn Dollar General would bring in more jobs than that
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ThePatrioticBlonde™🇺🇸@ImBreckWorsham Yesterday
Trump: 'If you want your house to be more valuable, you want a data center. If you want to go through poverty, crime and squaller, don't approve data centers.' You can NOT make it up. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2095952940553142385/video/1
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Chris Williamson@ChrisWillx 15 hrs ago
Defund golf courses. Golf courses in America use around 30.5× more water than all data centres combined. Golf courses: ~531bn gallons/year. Data centres: ~17.4bn gallons/year.
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Summary

Replies rejected Trump's claims that data centers would revitalize small towns or raise property values, citing heavy demands on water and power along with limited long-term jobs and environmental harm.

Based on 384 sentiment-bearing replies from 340 accounts across 2 conversations.

Sentiment

Positive4.4%95.6%Negative

Summary

Replies rejected Trump's claims that data centers would revitalize small towns or raise property values, citing heavy demands on water and power along with limited long-term jobs and environmental harm.

Based on 384 sentiment-bearing replies from 340 accounts across 2 conversations.

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Kalshi@Kalshi Yesterday
JUST IN: AI research firm says electricians are making up to $500,000 per year from data center jobs
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  Professor Insurance@ProfInsurance01 Yesterday
  @Kalshi $500K for electricians. The lesson isn’t “everyone become an electrician.” The lesson is that some of the best-paying opportunities are in careers most people overlook. Skilled trades. Sales. Insurance. Learn a valuable skill. Go where the demand is.
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  Jack Assery@a__name__a Yesterday
  @Kalshi My fucking ass they are. Maybe the foreman and masters in a high income area, but if you actually believe regular laborers, green hats, and journeyman are making $500k then you are absolutely retarded. Beyond help
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  Neha Sharma ♡@neihi_sharma Yesterday
  @Kalshi diverting every available electrician into data center construction is going to make everyday residential and commercial wiring brutally expensive for everyone else
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  MAYDay17 - The More You Know@qboomer17 Yesterday
  @Kalshi Not true. I work on data centers and the average is around $100k - $150k for most top tier electricians.
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  Colorado Bull 🦅@ColoradoBull24 Yesterday
  It's all the travel work. I was offered $65 an hour plus 20 hours of OT per week and $175 a day in per diem, 7 days a week. Comes out to roughly $300k. They are out there. But these huge numbers include OT and Per Diem, not some cush 40hr project. Most guys are probably…
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