Trump announces $20 billion worth of data centers, claims windmills make whales crazy

Incoming President Donald Trump opened a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on January 7 Announcing a business deal. He said more data centers are coming to the United States thanks to a businessman from Dubai.

“We are honored to introduce to you one of the most respected business leaders in the Middle East, and indeed the entire world. He is the founder and Chairman of Damac Properties, Hussain Sajwani. “A very respected man,” Trump said. “I am pleased to announce today that Damac will invest… At least $20 billion in a very short period of time in the United States, and this amount may double, or even somewhat more than double. “It’s a great thing and I think he would say he’s doing it because he’s been so inspired by the election.”

“The investment will support massive new data centers across the Midwest, the Sun Belt region, and also to keep America at the forefront of technology and AI, which is very big in data centers, and that will be a very hot item in the coming years, you know, with AI in particular.” … The first phase of the project will be in Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and Indiana those places.”

Trump and Sajwani have been friends since around 2007, and became business partners a few years later. Sajwani donated 1 to 5 million dollars To support Trump’s first campaign, he masterminded the Trump International Golf Club in Dubai, which opened in 2017. When the club opened, Donald Jr. within reach To stand in front of the cameras and talk to his father. There were, of course, questions about the close business relationship between Trump and Sajwani during Trump’s first term, but they were lost in a sea of ​​other investigations.

Now, just two weeks before he takes office again, Trump has announced that he has secured a good deal for his friend for a data center in the United States. After talking about where data centers will go, Trump brought up the Dubai billionaire to address the crowd.

Sajwani quickly finished his remarks. Trump returned in front of the cameras and spoke for another hour. As he always does, he said a lot of wild things.

Trump criticized wind energy and claimed that wind turbines kill whales. “You see what’s happening in the Massachusetts area with whales where two whales have washed ashore, I think, in a 17-year period. And they’ve had 14 this season. The windmills are driving the whales crazy. Obviously,” he said.

He also said he would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico. “We’re going to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to America’s Gulf… America’s Gulf, what a beautiful name.”

He discussed over a dozen different topics, weaving in and out of many bizarre talking points. At the end of the press conference and after the delivery Strange titlesIt’s easy to forget that he started it all by mentioning a Middle Eastern billionaire who helped him build a golf course in Dubai and promised in front of our eyes that he would help the man get everything he needed to build data. Centers in the US as part of the Habib deal.