Trump says paying communities a “dividend” could make data centers more popular.
Continuing to push the widely unpopular data center projects, Trump said in a Truth Social post that some of them “have become extremely popular when a financial deal is struck.” His plan sounds lot like Meta’s approach on the Hyperion project in Louisiana, where Mark Zuckerberg has touted $50,000 bonus checks for teachers despite a secretive approval process residents didn’t know much about.
TL;DR
- Donald Trump believes financial deals could make data center projects more popular.
- He posted this idea on Truth Social, suggesting communities might be more receptive with such incentives.
- His plan is compared to Meta's Hyperion project in Louisiana, which offered $50,000 bonuses to teachers.
- The Hyperion project reportedly had a secretive approval process unknown to local residents.