Editorial: Japan's data center boom must not create a new pollution problem

Infrastructure development to support Japan's digital society is proceeding at a rapid pace. Measures are needed to ensure it does not create a new fo

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott delivered one of the starkest warnings yet from a Republican executive to the AI industry, telling ABC's Jonathan Karl that data center companies "dug their own grave" and deserve the backlash they're facing after failing to win community support. Why it matters: Abbott is the latest governor to

President Donald Trump came out in support of data centers, saying if the "right location" is picked, they can create jobs and lower taxes.

"The jobs are enormous and the money paid, the taxes paid, are just enormous," the President said.

“It is yet another dimension in which the White House appears tone deaf,” said James Henson of the Texas Politics Project at UT, Austin.

The president is convinced that data centers simply need a public relations boost — which he’s eager to provide, despite the public backlash.