‘There’s so much money to be made’: Trump defends US data centres, warns they could go to China

US President Donald Trump. US President Donald Trump on Saturday defended the rapid expansion of massive data centres in the US, warning that blocking the projects would give China an advantage as he campaigned in Ohio ahead of next month's midterm elections.According to the New York Post, Trump promoted his administration's efforts on data centres during a rally outside Dayton, saying the projects could bring significant economic benefits to Ohio and other communities.“There’s so much money to be made for Ohio. You can’t just turn them off. They’ll go to China,” Trump told supporters, while urging voters to back Republican Sen Jon Husted and gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.Trump also asked supporters to treat the November 3 midterm elections as though he himself were on the ballot.“Please pretend that I’m on the ballot, and you need to turn out for a midterm victory,” he said.The president said his administration was taking “historic action” to ensure that technology companies operating data centres contribute to the communities around them.Trump linked the rapid expansion of data centres to the global competition over artificial intelligence, saying the US was ahead of Ch...