Nvidia draws White House backing as Trump dismisses AI data center opposition

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Trump publicly dismissed opposition to AI data center construction as a hoax during a live summit call with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in Los Angeles.
Trump's remarks align Nvidia more closely with the administration's pro-growth AI stance and reinforce support for rapid U.S. infrastructure expansion.
Trump reiterated opposition to new AI regulation, arguing that calls to slow construction result from U.S. dominance in AI capacity versus international competitors.

Summit call underscores pro-growth AI stance

As first reported by CNBC, citing social media posts and videos from attendees at the All-In Summit, Trump called Huang while the Nvidia chief was speaking on stage in Los Angeles, and Huang put the president on speakerphone. Trump used the moment to call opposition to AI and data center construction "a hoax," saying the facilities create wealth for both people and states.

The president's remarks follow a series of posts on Truth Social attacking arguments for slowing AI development. He has specifically targeted Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei after Amodei published an essay over the weekend urging the industry to intentionally reduce the pace of model development, a position that also drew support from OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and SpaceX's Elon Musk.

During the call, Trump described data centers as the "oil of the next 20, 25 years" and joked that Huang could design advanced chips but struggled to place him on speaker. Huang responded in support, telling Trump, "You're right," and, "We're not going to let that happen, sir," after the president suggested opponents may be helping rival interests, including China.

AI infrastructure debate gains economic and regulatory weight

Trump's public intervention places Nvidia, already central to AI build-outs through its graphics processing units, even closer to the administration's push for aggressive infrastructure expansion. The episode also highlights how data center opposition, job displacement fears and broader concerns about advanced AI are increasingly being folded into the same policy debate in Washington.

Trump has said he sees no need for additional AI regulation and argues that calls to slow construction are emerging because the U.S. is ahead of other countries in building capacity. His visible alignment with Huang adds to the significance of AI investment for the U.S. economy at a time when other policymakers continue to argue for stronger oversight of model developers and related infrastructure.

Chamath Palihapitiya, one of the summit's co-hosts, wrote on X after the session that the moment was "surreal." Nvidia did not immediately provide comment.

Our earlier article on the sell-off in AI hardware and data-center infrastructure stocks explained how renewed calls—led by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei—to slow AI model training on safety grounds rattled investor expectations for future build-out demand. We also noted that the downside case looked less clear-cut because inference and existing-model compute needs remained strong, while global competition and the spread of open-weight models could limit how effective any coordinated slowdown would be.

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