Tech Industry Slams Trump's Plan to Tax Data Centers Amid AI Race

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The Trump administration is reportedly considering taxing data centers and chips as part of its broader economic policy agenda. Tech and AI industry leaders have strongly criticized the proposal, calling it counterproductive to the United States' goal of winning the global AI race. Executives and analysts argue that taxing the core infrastructure of AI development would raise costs and slow innovation at a critical time. The plan has left many in the technology sector puzzled, given that data centers and semiconductors are considered essential to maintaining American competitiveness in artificial intelligence.

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