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Why Trump is worried datacenters might cost his party an election

todayJanuary 22, 2026

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The president wants big tech to pay more for electricity, but he’s curbing renewable projects that could boost supply

Donald Trump is worried about datacenters. Specifically, he is concerned about their effects on an already expensive electricity market in the United States. Will Americans’ resentment of sharply rising energy costs scuttle his party’s November election ambitions?

The US president’s anxiety is evident in two actions in recent weeks. On 13 January, Trump and Microsoft’s president jointly announced that the tech giant would pay more for its datacenters, paying full property taxes and accepting neither tax reductions nor electricity rate discounts in towns where it operates datacenters.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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