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[^2]\n\nThe five largest technology companies, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Oracle, plan to invest more than $750 billion in data centers in 2026, representing the largest capital investment increase in a single sector in decades. [^3]\n\nDonald Trump criticized the growing movement against data centers, stating that such opposition benefits China in the race to lead artificial intelligence. [^4]\n\nThe article asserts that an employee's long-term success, particularly in fast-paced waste and recycling roles such as those at MRFs, PRFs, hauling, and landfills, is determined not by orientation but by the months of leadership, coaching, engagement, and development that follow it. [^5]\n\nDonald Trump wrote on Truth Social that communities should allow data centers to reign if they want success, lower taxes, and widespread employment, warning that opposing them would make them backward and poor. [^6]\n\nA Gallup poll conducted in March suggested that 71 percent of Americans oppose establishing AI data centers in their areas. [^7]\n\nData centers consume an enormous amount of electricity, raising concerns about the effect on the power grid, including possible outages and increased utility bills. [^8]\n\nPresident Trump stated that China is happy with what he called the 'anti-Data Center movement' in the US. [^9]\n\nDonald Trump wrote on Truth Social that the only reason communities should not want data centers is if they want to remain backward and poor, urging them to allow data centers to reign for success, lower taxes, and jobs. [^10]\n\nOpposition to data centers has expanded across the US political spectrum, with both Democratic and Republican legislators and authorities joining efforts to request limitations or moratoriums on their growth ahead of the midterm elections. [^11]\n\nGallup, a global analytics and workplace research organization, found that employees in many roles may take 12 months or more to become fully effective. 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