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Scoop: Trump pollster gives GOP a data center survival guide

Scoop: Trump pollster gives GOP a data center survival guide

Summary

President Donald Trump’s pollster, Tony Fabrizio, gave Republicans advice on how to handle criticisms of AI data centers. He suggests candidates support data centers only if companies pay for their own power and protect local resources, instead of giving simple support without conditions.

Key Facts

  • Tony Fabrizio, President Trump’s pollster, wrote a memo with advice for Republican candidates on AI data centers.
  • He warns that openly supporting more data centers without conditions will be harmful politically.
  • Fabrizio suggests candidates should demand that tech companies fund their own power needs and protect local water and utility costs.
  • The memo provides a three-step script: acknowledge voter concerns, reject projects that hurt families or communities, and accept projects only with strict conditions.
  • Fabrizio’s polls find 61% of voters support data centers if there are conditions; only 28% support banning them outright.
  • Without conditions, 65% of voters oppose building more data centers.
  • President Trump continues to support data centers, calling them beneficial for wealth and states’ economies.
  • Fabrizio plays a key role in guiding the GOP’s political messaging for the upcoming elections.
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