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Chris Wright: “If you push [data centers] out of your community and into…”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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Secretary Wright Joins The National News Desk's Angela Brown - July 14, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 08:39

We want those jobs, that innovation, these new job opportunities and rising wages right here in the United States of America. And I'm confident we will have it happen. It's just a matter of where these data centers are. But If you push [data centers] out of your community and into someone else's community, all the benefits of reduced prices, increased wages and more jobs, all those are going to go with that. Don't push data centers and let others win by it. Negotiate to have your community be the big winner. That's my advice. Well, thank you so much for joining us this morning. (08:39–08:49)

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