Donald Trump: "are now being sought in Alabama, Florida, Texas, Arizona"

After New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an order temporarily blocking new environmental permits for large-scale data centers, former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that the businesses she rejected “are now being sought” in Alabama, Florida, Texas, Arizona, and elsewhere, calling the associated tax revenue and jobs “LIQUID GOLD.” The post highlights an ongoing competition among states to attract AI-related infrastructure. In Alabama, Senator Tommy Tuberville promoted data centers as a revenue source for schools and services, while dismissing online opposition as foreign-influenced. State lawmakers have advanced bills limiting tax breaks and requiring utility cost reviews. The debate matters because data-center growth ties into U.S. efforts to expand computing power and domestic manufacturing, with projects like Meta’s Montgomery facility also generating solar energy and using locally made equipment.