Trump loves data centersBack in March, the administration debuted an initiative called the Ratepayer Protection Pledge, which aimed to get developers to voluntarily promise that data center construction wouldn’t raise people’s energy bills. “I mean, I’m looking at some of these data centers — the most incredible buildings I’ve ever seen. The margin against grew to 59 percent-10 percent when the data centers were within 10 miles of the person’s home. The Sabey Data Centers Seattle Data Center campus in Tukwila, Washington, US, on Saturday, July 11, 2026. Bills banning data center construction have been proposed in 15 states, spanning from deep red to deep blue.