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President Trump fired back Monday at growing opposition to data center development, warning that communities blocking the facilities risk economic decline while handing the advantage to China.

The rebuke comes as polling shows roughly 70 percent of Americans oppose building data centers in their communities, turning the issue into a midterm minefield for Republicans trying to balance Trump's AI agenda against backlash from local constituencies.

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