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Trump calls AI fears a hoax, pushes data-center expansion

By Drooid · Sep 30, 2026, 12:54 AM UTC · How we work

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Trump Urges AI Expansion

President Donald Trump called AI existential fears a hoax and urged corporate data-center expansion.
Trump highlighted a late-night dinner with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at Joint Base Andrews.
He unveiled America.gov, a government chatbot presented as a public-service research tool.
Trump said the nation must let AI do “incredible things” instead of fearing it.
Fox News hosts shifted from labeling AI “woke” to defending AI infrastructure build-out.

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Kilmeade Labels Opposition Sabotage

Brian Kilmeade framed community opposition to data-center projects as economic sabotage ahead of midterms.
A July Fox News poll found 70% of Americans oppose data centers locally.
Federal analysis estimated data centers consumed 4.4% of U.S. electricity in 2023.
Projections suggest data-center electricity use could rise to 6.7%-12% by 2028.
Greg Gutfeld and Will Cain argued Democrats weaponize anti-AI sentiment to undermine U.S. President Donald Trump’s numbers.

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Kudlow Blames China

Fox News Media issued an on-air apology after commentators made unfounded accusations linking data-center opponents to China.
Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of State, dismissed job-loss worries and framed data-center expansion as competition.
Larry Kudlow argued on Fox Business that opposing data centers effectively promotes China.
Kevin O’Leary promoted a Utah data center on Maria Bartiromo’s show, later admitting no evidence of Chinese Communist Party links.

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Trump Urges AI Expansion

President Donald Trump called AI existential fears a hoax and urged corporate data-center expansion.
Trump highlighted a late-night dinner with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at Joint Base Andrews.
He unveiled America.gov, a government chatbot presented as a public-service research tool.
Trump said the nation must let AI do “incredible things” instead of fearing it.
Fox News hosts shifted from labeling AI “woke” to defending AI infrastructure build-out.

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