Trump Calls Data Center Opposition a 'Hoax' in Nvidia CEO Call
President Trump phoned Nvidia's Jensen Huang at the All-In Summit and dismissed data center criticism, while also targeting Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.
President Trump called Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang live at the All-In Summit on Wednesday, using the moment to label opposition to data center expansion a 'hoax' and signal his administration's continued embrace of aggressive AI infrastructure development across the United States.
Beyond the call with Huang, Trump took to his Truth Social platform to publicly rebuke Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who had recently suggested the AI industry consider slowing its pace of development. Trump's pushback reflects a broader White House posture that frames AI acceleration as a matter of national economic and strategic priority.
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The dual moves — a high-profile summit call with one of the semiconductor industry's most prominent figures and a social media broadside against a leading AI safety voice — underscore the administration's willingness to wade directly into internal tech-industry debates. By aligning publicly with Nvidia and against Amodei's caution, Trump is effectively picking sides in a growing tension between AI acceleration advocates and those urging more measured progress.
Nvidia occupies a central role in the AI boom as the dominant supplier of the graphics processing units powering large language models and data centers globally, making Huang a symbolic ally for any administration seeking to champion American AI leadership. Trump's 'hoax' framing of data center opposition echoes language he has deployed in other policy arenas to dismiss regulatory or environmental pushback.
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