Ama­zon send­ing locals $1 bil­lion after Trump tells Big Tech to ‘make com­mu­ni­ties hap­py’ about data cen­ters

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Amazon sending locals billion after Trump tells Big Tech to ‘make communities happy’ about data centers

Ama­zon on Fri­day announced it will pour bil­lions into com­mu­ni­ties where it oper­ates data cen­ters nation­wide, after Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump urged the tech­nol­o­gy indus­try to ensure local res­i­dents reap the ben­e­fits of devel­op­ment.
Trump on Tues­day gath­ered tech lead­ers, includ­ing Ama­zon CEO Jeff Bezos, at the White House, where he vowed “very smart com­pa­nies are going to be mak­ing mas­sive con­tri­bu­tions to com­mu­ni­ties” where they are build­ing data cen­ters. Data cen­ters pow­er the tech­nol­o­gy grid and arti­fi­cial intel­li­gence, the devel­op­ment of which the pres­i­dent has warned is essen­tial to keep Chi­na from becom­ing the world’s dom­i­nant super­pow­er.

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