Trump Praises Data Center Developers for Advancing Projects by Building Own Power Plants

The president said while the grid cannot expand as rapidly as China, American corporations are using his policies to bring their own juice to AI proposals.
Trump Praises Data Center Developers for Advancing Projects by Building Own Power Plants
People view an AI data center at the SK networks stand during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on March 3, 2025. Manaure QUINTERO/AFP
John Haughey
John Haughey
Reporter
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Artificial intelligence data center developers are taking advantage of Trump administration inducements to go “behind-the-meter” and build their own power plants, or co-locate adjacent to existing commercial electricity generators to cut transmission costs, short-circuit lengthy permitting requirements, and get projects online faster.

During an Oct. 21 Rose Garden Luncheon with Senate Republicans at the White House, President Donald Trump praised “first-mover” developers for advancing self-powered projects that will be key to the nation’s drive to maintain cutting-edge supremacy in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and fission-fusion energy commercialization.

John Haughey
John Haughey
Reporter
John Haughey is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter who covers U.S. elections, U.S. Congress, energy, defense, and infrastructure. Mr. Haughey has more than 45 years of media experience. You can reach John via email at [email protected]
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