Donald Trump says data centre companies should pay communities a ‘dividend’

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that companies building data centres should pay a dividend to the surrounding communities. He said the money could go to the town as a whole or to local residents and would help win support for the projects.

Trump made the case in a Truth Social post as local opposition to the sites grows across the US. He also called on officials to approve more of them, AFP said.

“Data centers that were highly unpopular…