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President rejects industry regulations while urging rapid domestic data center expansion to counter foreign competition
US President Donald Trump stated that law enforcement agencies, specifically the Department of Justice and the FBI, should act as the primary 'guardrails' against artificial intelligence abuses. He rejected the idea of federal industry regulations, arguing that such measures could hinder economic growth and put domestic technology firms out of business. Trump believes that companies should be responsible for policing their own conduct within the rapidly evolving AI sector, highlighting that the industry is generating significant revenue.
Trump strongly advocated for a rapid domestic expansion of computing infrastructure, cautioning local municipalities that rejecting data center facilities would lead to severe economic stagnation, job losses, and increased crime. He views data centers as generators of municipal wealth and releasers of household burdens. The former president also expressed dissatisfaction with American technology companies investing in large infrastructure projects abroad, citing European efforts to attract these facilities away from the US market and specifically mentioning a Google facility in Finland. He framed data center capacity as a national security imperative, warning that any hesitation by the US would result in a forfeiture of computing dominance to geopolitical adversaries, particularly China, which he stated is aggressively pursuing control over data centers.