# SoftBank donated $50 million to Trump’s library just months before federal data center deal

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/softbank-donated-50-million-to-trumps-library-just-months-before-federal-data-center-deal/
- Published: 2026-08-06T14:30:00+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/policy/976138/softbank-trump-library-data-center-ohio
- Topics: Asia, Business, Companies, Government, Politics, World

## Summary

SoftBank contributed $50 million to the Trump Presidential Library in January, just months before announcing that it's leasing land from the federal government to build a sprawling data center in Ohio. The Japanese company revealed the timing in response to a June letter from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Rep. Melanie…

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