Trump pushes data centers to self-generate power and pay community dividends; Meta and Amazon spending up to $1B locally
krishnan · x · 2026-10-22
Trump said he will ask data centers to produce their own electricity and pay dividends to local communities, a move seen as reducing local opposition to data center buildouts. Combined with companies like Meta and Amazon spending up to $1 billion in these communities, this points toward a localized universal basic dividend for the AI era.
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