Trump administration officials announced a partnership to develop a massive data center in Ohio that could potentially be the largest in the world. “We are going to do the largest construction project in the country,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said alongside Energy Secretary Chris Wright and SoftBank Group Corp. Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son, according to Bloomberg. “SoftBank, a Japanese company, is planning to build a 10-gigawatt power plant, including 9.2 gigawatts of natural gas generation, that will connect to the local grid and power to a new 10-gigawatt data center development,” 10TV stated. The overall investment into the campus is estimated at approximately $500 billion. The expected cost of the project’s first phase is upward of $40 billion. Son said the AI data center would be the largest in the world. “This is the center of our superintelligence,” Son said, according to 10TV. The largest data center in the world is planned to be built in Ohio, and it'll cost up to $40,000,000,000 to construct. The 3,700 acre center will require 10 Gigawatts, 1/3 of Ohio's entire power grid capacity, to run. pic.twitter.com/QB77WZiDXP — Pubity (@pubity) March 21, 2026 Bloomberg explained further: While the US is witnessing a historic scramble by tech companies to build out artificial intelligence computing, the project’s scale described by Son and Trump officials has little precedent. At 10 gigawatts, the center would be among the largest — if not the largest — in the world. For context, a single gigawatt of capacity can power roughly 750,000 homes at any given moment. SoftBank is planning to construct the AI computing complex at a former uranium enrichment complex owned by the US Energy Department. It would be powered with roughly $33 billion worth of natural gas-fired electricity. The company expects the first phase of the data center project to include about 800 megawatts of power, cost $30 billion to $40 billion and be completed in early 2028. Son unveiled the project about 14 months after he, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Oracle Corp.’s Larry Ellison pledged to build $500 billion in data centers and AI infrastructure as part of the so-called Stargate venture. Since then, OpenAI has expanded Stargate to include agreements for data-center deals made outside of the original LLC. The Ohio project shows how SoftBank’s ambitions have further risen. “Instead of many locations, many years,” Son said, “now we are delivering $500 billion in one campus.” (SoftBank remains involved with multiple Stargate-branded sites in the US.) Soaring demand for AI tools has touched off a worldwide expansion of data centers, with systems requiring enormous amounts of computing capacity. A backlash over the buildout is growing across the US centered on the increasing costs of water and electricity, both of which data centers require in large volumes. Softbank is working to build a massive AI data center on federally owned land in Ohio that it’s planning to power with roughly $33 billion worth of natural gas-fired electricity to be installed by the end of the decade https://t.co/JnywzrVUWj — Bloomberg (@business) March 20, 2026 “Yesterday in Ohio, we broke ground on a new partnership to build more than 9 gigawatts of natural gas power generation and a data center complex that will provide thousands of jobs and result in LOWER electricity costs,” Wright said on Saturday. Yesterday in Ohio, we broke ground on a new partnership to build more than 9 gigawatts of natural gas power generation and a data center complex that will provide thousands of jobs and result in LOWER electricity costs. pic.twitter.com/lXKpQBhtKw — Secretary Chris Wright (@SecretaryWright) March 21, 2026 “In the Biden Administration, they celebrated the closing of power plants. In President Trump’s Administration, we celebrate the construction of new power plants to grow the capacity of the grid and push down prices,” he added. In the Biden Administration, they celebrated the closing of power plants. In President Trump's Administration, we celebrate the construction of new power plants to grow the capacity of the grid and push down prices. pic.twitter.com/ccQUCoCQjW — Secretary Chris Wright (@SecretaryWright) March 20, 2026 10TV has more: Son said over time he is looking to invest $1 trillion in the U.S. data center space. Since SoftBank will generate its own power in the natural gas plant, the CEO and federal officials save this project will not raise electric bills for residents. Federal officials echoed that message. “This will produce reliable, affordable energy in the USA. It will drive down the price of local electricity,” said U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick. U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright told 10TV there will be oversight to ensure residents to not see an increase to their bills. “The specific agreements we are striking with data center developers, as represented in the Ratepayer Protection Pledge that President Trump led, will guarantee that data center development will actually stop electricity price regions in your region and ultimately put in place the ability to decline electricity prices,” he said. “If you are mad about high electricity prices as most Americans are, data centers are the answers, not the problem.” SoftBank is investing $4 billion to improve AEP Ohio’s infrastructure in the region. At the peak of construction, project leaders estimate 35,000 construction jobs and 2,500 permanent jobs once the data center is complete. “If it was done today, it would be larger than all of the other data centers in the world combined, so it is gigantic in scale,” Wright said. The data center is expected to be operational in two years. Watch additional coverage below:

During an appearance on Sean Hannity’s podcast, “Hang Out with Sean Hannity,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis did not rule out a potential 2028 presidential run. “Will you run for president again?” Hannity asked the Republican governor. “We’ll see,” DeSantis responded. DeSantis says 'we'll see' on another presidential bid https://t.co/US0DMWIDO5 — Just the News (@JustTheNews) March 23, 2026 More from the Tampa Bay Times: DeSantis lost badly in the Republican primary two years ago to Trump. He invested heavily in Iowa, the home of the first contest in the GOP race, but few high-profile party members campaigned for him and he took home 21% of the vote. He dropped out of the race prior to the primary in New Hampshire. One of DeSantis’ few allies during that campaign, Republican Sen. Chip Roy from Texas, told the Times/Herald in 2024 after Desantis’ primary race ended that he was well-liked among voters, but couldn’t overcome the popularity of Trump. Roy spent a month on the campaign trail with DeSantis, mostly in Iowa. Similarly, DeSantis told Hannity his previous bid for president wasn’t bad, just ill-timed. “In Iowa, the people that voted for Trump, if he wasn’t running, I would have gotten like 90% of those people,” DeSantis said. “They were conservative voters.” Since the COVID-19 pandemic, DeSantis has successfully branded himself as a conservative fighter. His message attracted conservative voters from other parts of the country that were locked down in an effort to curb the spread of the disease, while DeSantis reopened Florida. That helped turn Florida — once the country’s largest swing state — solidly red. DeSantis said the Iowa voters “didn’t want the non-conservative,” the outlet noted. “They wanted me,” DeSantis continued. “But the timing didn’t work out, obviously, for that. So, you just got to see what happens,” he added. DeSantis, who is term-limited, will complete his final term as Florida governor in January 2027. The Florida governor is currently polling behind Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a hypothetical 2028 GOP primary. According to a Daily Mail/JL Partners poll, Vice President JD Vance leads the field of potential GOP nominees for 2028 with 53% support from Republicans. Rubio follows in second place at 14% and DeSantis comes in third at 7%. Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/KyRAz0yWzh — AF Post (@AFpost) March 5, 2026 Florida Politics shared input from one House Republican in the Sunshine State: U.S. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna knows who she wants to be running mates to succeed President Donald Trump … but she’s unwilling to commit to who should lead the ticket, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The Republican joked to interviewer Bill Maher that being asked who should be the presidential nominee was a “dirty question” before saying the two would have to “battle it out.” Regardless of which political titan prevails, Luna likes what they bring to the table. “I think that Secretary Rubio has done a phenomenal job in foreign policy. He really has. He was the only Cabinet appointee that was actually unanimously voted into the position and he also has, I think, one of the higher approval ratings currently. And so he’s done great. But JD is also someone that I campaigned with, actually, in California during the Presidential Primary. And someone that I think has the ability to connect with people on a level. You know his story, Hillbilly Elegy. He is the type of person that did come from a normal upbringing. We need more of that in Washington, D.C.” Polling of the nascent race for the Republican nomination shows Vance leading with Rubio in second place.

The Senate on Sunday advanced Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The 54-37 procedural vote sets up a final vote for Mullin’s confirmation as early as Monday. “Senate advances Oklahoma GOP Senator Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to serve as President Trump’s second Homeland Security Secretary in his second term. Democrats Fetterman (PA) and Heinrich (NM) voted Yes with all Republicans,” CSPAN Capitol Hill producer Craig Caplan wrote. 54-37: Senate advances Oklahoma GOP Senator Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to serve as President Trump’s second Homeland Security Secretary in his second term. Democrats Fetterman (PA) and Heinrich (NM) voted Yes with all Republicans. pic.twitter.com/JbrGggJISj — Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) March 22, 2026 More from Government Executive: If confirmed, Mullin will take over a department that has been shut down since Feb. 14 amid a stalemate over changes to immigration enforcement policy. Senate Democrats have declined to approve a funding bill for the department following the deaths of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis during a months-long immigrant enforcement operation. The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs voted 8-7 to move Mullin’s nomination forward Thursday. Mullin did not gain the support of the fellow Republican who chairs the committee, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., but still received a favorable vote from the committee because Fetterman joined all other Republicans in voting in Mullin’s favor. Paul did not vote on Sunday. According to Axios, had Paul voted “no” on the floor, he would have been the first senator in almost 40 years to “oppose a fellow senator nominated by a president of his own party.” “Sources told News 9 Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt is expected to appoint oil and gas executive Alan Armstrong to Senator Mullin’s seat,” News 9 wrote. “News 9 Political Analyst Scott Mitchell said Armstrong was on the short list all along and breaks down why he may have been the strongest candidate,” it continued. The senate voted 54 to 37 on Sunday to have a final confirmation vote for Markwayne Mullin’s nomination expected to happen this week. Sources told News 9 Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt is expected to appoint oil and gas executive Alan Armstrong to Senator Mullin’s seat. News 9… pic.twitter.com/oL7po7Jxyl — News 9 (@NEWS9) March 23, 2026 Axios noted: Sunday’s procedural floor vote followed a vitriolic hearing on Wednesday that opened with Paul challenging Mullin to “tell me to my face” why Paul deserved an assault that left him with broken ribs. “You have never had the courage to look me in the eye and tell me the assault was justified,” Paul said, referring to comments Mullin made to constituents, where he also called Paul a “freakin’ snake.” “And while you’re at it, explain to the American public why they should trust a man with anger issues,” Paul added. Democrats also expressed concerns about whether Mullin was temperamentally suited to the job, as well as questioning his experience. While it’s unusual for a Cabinet nominee to advance to a floor vote without support from the chairman of the committee of jurisdiction, Paul didn’t take the extra step of blocking or delaying a committee vote.

The freedom to move about the country at the speed of air travel is crucial to the success of our country. Have you ever broken a bone like, for example, an arm. After you break it and while it’s healing you suddenly realize that you use your arm A LOT! You never noticed it before, but once it was gone it was the only thing you could notice! Air travel is like that. You never realize how important it is until you don’t have it anymore, and millions of Americans over Spring Break have been realizing that it’s no longer guaranteed that you can fly wherever you want. Because with lines stretching 5 and 6 hours long just to get through security, even if you get to the airport hours early, many people are missing their flights stuck in TSA security lines. All thanks to the Democrats and their Government Shutdown — which is all because they can’t allow National Voter ID to pass into law because they will never win another election ever again if it does. But President Trump is not going to let this mess drag out.  He’s the Commander In Chief and he has made it very clear he’s not going to tolerate this continuing. This morning he sent ICE Agents in to all major US airports. But then he said if that doesn’t work quickly to shape up the situation, right behind them will come the National Guard. See here: HOLY CRAP! President Trump just said he will deploy the NATIONAL GUARD to airports nationwide on top of ICE if necessary Democrats are about to FUME. "If that's not enough, I will bring the National Guard! We're NOT gonna have the Democrats destroy our country!" pic.twitter.com/6G2DQMTX2v — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 23, 2026 If I was a conspiracy theorist, I might just start to believe that maybe this was the plan all along, to get the National Guard deployed into key infrastructure areas nationwide in all 50 states and all major metropolitan areas. Why? So that you already had all your troops deployed for something that might cause nationwide unrest? Like, perhaps: “We have it all.” Remember that? Remember how President Trump has repeatedly told us he has all of the evidence about the stolen 2020 Election and the criminal stolen Joe Biden Presidency? What if you were getting ready to fully release all of that but you didn’t want to risk national unrest? You might just want to have the National Guard already deployed, wouldn’t you? But that would be crazy…. RELATED REPORT: WATCH: ICE Agents Running FULL Patrols and Making Arrests At Major Airports! President Trump and Tom Homan do NOT waste any time! ICE Agents are on full patrol and TDS Far-Left Loons are having full blown meltdowns. See here: NOW at Newark Airport (EWR): A girl screams “ICE OUT NOW!” at ICE agents on patrol, classic leftist meltdown! But right after? A real American steps up, THANKS the agents, and shakes their hands like a boss! pic.twitter.com/XxejlXlrUV — Gunther Eagleman (@GuntherEagleman) March 23, 2026 It’s not just inside the Airports either…. The Agents are everywhere — including outside and in parking lots: HUGE: ICE agents aren't just operating inside our airports anymore… they were just spotted running full security patrols OUTSIDE in Chicago parking lots! Illegals and violent criminals are officially ON NOTICE. These ICE agents are absolute American heroes! pic.twitter.com/JzQXLWwYGd — Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) March 23, 2026 Fox News reports the long TSA lines are starting to already show improvement: BREAKING: TSA lines are IMPROVING after ICE was deployed to the Atlanta airport This was all part of President Trump's plan! "We've seen ICE agents managing lines and helping with crowd control." "Lines have been a little bit better!" pic.twitter.com/XKwlO5Xk73 — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 23, 2026 We also got this arrest: Radical activists are screaming at ICE agents during a detention of a woman who’s in the country illegally. She had a young child with her and claimed it was her daughter, but couldn’t provide any documentation. Situations like this are exactly why agents have to verify… pic.twitter.com/4A0KwIlKTW — Jammles (@jammles9) March 23, 2026 I say keep them in there full time! And how about we just get rid of TSA while we’re at it? I’m sick of getting groped and radiated every time I just want to fly somewhere. Let the big boys run security and get rid of the TSA creeps for good! https://x.com/gunthereagleman/status/2036080207480705473?s=46&t=fQPc05aE4Kkb738_xetJBg

President Trump and Tom Homan do NOT waste any time! ICE Agents are on full patrol and TDS Far-Left Loons are having full blown meltdowns. See here: NOW at Newark Airport (EWR): A girl screams “ICE OUT NOW!” at ICE agents on patrol, classic leftist meltdown! But right after? A real American steps up, THANKS the agents, and shakes their hands like a boss! pic.twitter.com/XxejlXlrUV — Gunther Eagleman (@GuntherEagleman) March 23, 2026 It’s not just inside the Airports either…. The Agents are everywhere — including outside and in parking lots: HUGE: ICE agents aren't just operating inside our airports anymore… they were just spotted running full security patrols OUTSIDE in Chicago parking lots! Illegals and violent criminals are officially ON NOTICE. These ICE agents are absolute American heroes! pic.twitter.com/JzQXLWwYGd — Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) March 23, 2026 Fox News reports the long TSA lines are starting to already show improvement: BREAKING: TSA lines are IMPROVING after ICE was deployed to the Atlanta airport This was all part of President Trump's plan! "We've seen ICE agents managing lines and helping with crowd control." "Lines have been a little bit better!" pic.twitter.com/XKwlO5Xk73 — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 23, 2026 We also got this arrest: Radical activists are screaming at ICE agents during a detention of a woman who’s in the country illegally. She had a young child with her and claimed it was her daughter, but couldn’t provide any documentation. Situations like this are exactly why agents have to verify… pic.twitter.com/4A0KwIlKTW — Jammles (@jammles9) March 23, 2026 I say keep them in there full time! And how about we just get rid of TSA while we’re at it? I’m sick of getting groped and radiated every time I just want to fly somewhere. Let the big boys run security and get rid of the TSA creeps for good! https://x.com/gunthereagleman/status/2036080207480705473?s=46&t=fQPc05aE4Kkb738_xetJBg