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Ms. ANSARI. Mr. Speaker, this week, Donald Trump attacked communities across the country that are raising concerns about the proliferation of gigantic, power-hungry data centers. He called them backwards and poor.
without question if they want to become “successful and rich.” His exact declaration was: “Let data reign.”
about their electricity bills, their water supply, and the future of their communities, all of which are being made dramatically worse by this administration.
don't need any more data centers in our communities right now. We are already on the front lines of a severe and historic water crisis. The Trump administration just slashed our Colorado River water allocation by nearly 30 percent.
millions of gallons of water every year. If every currently planned project in the Phoenix area is built, data center water demand could increase by more than 450 percent.
their concerns on how our government allocates its resources, including by providing immense tax breaks to ultra-rich AI and data center companies.
Our electricity grid is also under enormous strain. Arizona families are facing higher utility bills, most especially as a result of Trump's illegal war in Iran, all while data centers demand staggering amounts of energy. Research has found that these facilities can make surrounding neighborhoods as much as four degrees hotter, in a city like Phoenix where extreme heat already kills people.
These are not irrational concerns. Even Vice President JD Vance admitted that 99 percent—his words—of the backlash against data centers is happening in places where they are driving up utility bills.
Protecting Arizona's water is not backwards. Keeping electricity affordable enough for seniors to turn their air conditioners on during the summer is not poor, and allowing the wealthiest companies on the planet to consume our water and power while working families absorb the cost is not progress.
communities to stop pushing back against data centers: Donald Trump is the sole beneficiary of a trust holding nearly 115 million shares of Trump Media. Trump Media is pursuing a pending $6 billion merger with TAE Technologies, an energy company that explicitly markets its technology for AI data center expansion.
interest in a company positioning itself to benefit from the growth of the data center energy market. He is once again using his Presidency to enrich himself and his family.
using the power and platform of the Presidency to attack communities resisting the construction of new data centers.
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pause. Arizona should not approve another massive data center until we have a comprehensive plan to protect our water, our electrical grid, and Arizona ratepayers.
interest and demand full transparency about how financial holdings intersect with his administration's data center and energy policies.
blank check on our water supply and electricity bills. Arizonans are not backward and poor. We are tired of being told to sacrifice more so that billionaires and the President himself can become richer.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from engaging in personalities toward the President.