Former U.S. President Donald Trump recently stated in a program that AI data centers are "the oil of the next 50 years," capable of bringing wealth and investment to American communities. He specifically expressed dissatisfaction with Google's €13 billion (approximately $15.1 billion) investment in a data center in Finland, claiming that community opposition to data centers is a public relations campaign initiated by China. The article notes that U.S. electricity prices are rising 61% faster than the CPI, and AI electricity demand is projected to increase 14-fold by 2028, accounting for 12% of total U.S. electricity consumption.