Trump phones Nvidia’s Huang at All-In Summit, calls data center opposition a ‘hoax’
Former President Donald Trump called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during the All-in Summit to declare opposition to data centers a "hoax" and praise their economic benefits. He also criticized calls to slow AI development, asserting that those concerned about AI and data centers are "Revolutionaries for a Bad and Evil Cause." Trump framed data centers as crucial for national prosperity and economic leadership.
Former President Donald Trump publicly voiced his strong support for data center development and his opposition to calls for slowing down artificial intelligence advancement during a phone call to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the All-in Summit in Los Angeles. Trump, put on speakerphone during Huang's stage appearance, declared that opposition to data centers is "all a hoax" and emphasized their role in generating wealth for individuals and states, calling them the "oil of the next 20, 25 years."
Trump's comments followed his recent social media posts blasting Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's suggestion to intentionally slow AI development, a stance supported by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceX's Elon Musk. The former President asserted that concerns about AI and data centers are conflated and represent a "Bad and Evil Cause," arguing that demands to slow building are driven by other countries' desire to catch up to U.S. leadership in construction. He also dismissed the need for additional AI regulation, labeling recent AI concerns as a "hoax" and a "scam." Trump concluded his remarks by reaffirming his backing for Huang and the continued construction of AI data centers, which utilize Nvidia's GPUs.