President-elect Donald Trump announced a $20 billion foreign investment to build new data centers in the United States. Billionaire Hussain Sajwani, a Trump associate and founder of the property development company DAMAC Properties, is pledging the money, Trump said. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump makes remarks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. on Tuesday announced a $20 billion foreign investment to build new data centers across the United States.
Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani, a Trump associate and founder of the property development company DAMAC Properties, is pledging 'at least' that amount, the president-elect said at his Florida home Mar-a-Lago. 'They may go double, or even somewhat more than double, that amount of money,' Trump said of Sajwani's company. The 'first phase' of the plan will take place in Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and Indiana, Trump said.'It's been amazing news for me and my family when was elected in November. We've been waiting four years to increase our investment in U.S. to very large amounts of money,' the Dubai developer said in brief remarks at Mar-a-Lago. Sajwani's pledge is the latest example of a foreign business leader promising to spend big in the U.S. as a result of Trump's victory over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris