David Sacks: Trump’s Instincts on AI and Data Centers Are Right
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Brief Summary
The episode discusses data centers' benefits to local communities and President Trump's supportive technology policies.
Key points
- Trump's Influence on Innovation. Trump is seen as a key ally for innovators in Washington, with a focus on technology decisions.
- Local Communities and Data Centers. Data centers can bring significant financial benefits to local communities, including tax reductions and bonuses for teachers.
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Transcript
Trump is going to turn out to be right about this data center issue. >> I have told you guys before that Trump is ultimately the best friend of innovators in Washington. If anybody could make the decision about technology in DC, I'd want it to be President Trump. Not cabinet secretaries, not the White House staff, not members of Congress, not senators, not think tanks. I would really want every decision if he had the time to be made by President Trump because his instincts on this are really good. He wants America to win. He does not believe in unnecessary regulation. He doesn't have all these doomer anxieties. He listens to a broad
cross-section of people. I mean, he talks to all the CEOs. He is very up to speed on all these issues. And I spoke to this at the G20 this past week. There are great deals for local communities to be had. This is the point that I think needs to be made is >> the reason why local communities should embrace this is not because of some abstract concern about innovation. They should do it when the deal is good for them. And there are good deals to be had. We've seen that in Lowden County, Virginia, property taxes went down by $6,000 because they're getting all this data center revenue. In Louisiana, there's a county that was able to give
teachers their first bonus in years because of data center revenue. So, we're starting to see all these examples where if you make the right deal, it will lower your electricity cost because they will stand up net new power generation. They will pay for grid upgrades. It does not use an excessive amount of water. That's total fake news. We know the systems recirculate. And these data centers can be put in places where they're not bothering people. So there is a good deal to be made there. And ultimately, just one last point on this, President Trump supports local choice on this. I'm seeing all this fake news, you know, Democrats saying that the administration is trying to shove
these data centers down the throats of local communities. Not true. In the policy document that I worked on, we expressly said that data centers remain a state and local decision. So no one is forcing these local communities. What the president is saying is don't believe this media disinformation campaign.
