A president says towns rejecting datacenters choose poverty, crime and squalor

Claim

The President said towns that reject data centers choose poverty, crime and squalor, though seven in ten Americans oppose one nearby, with Pennsylvania the bellwether where two-thirds call them a problem and neighbors fight an $8.9 billion campus across from a high school.

Reported metric: 7 in 10 opposed

Reporting date: 2026-09-06 (not necessarily the event date)

Sources

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• Welcome to September 6, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)