{"id":741,"date":"2026-05-28T20:09:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=741"},"modified":"2026-05-28T20:09:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:09:41","slug":"lefts-anti-data-center-activism-plays-right-into-chinas-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=741","title":{"rendered":"Left\u2019s Anti-Data Center Activism Plays Right Into China\u2019s Hands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_1 --> <\/p>\n<p><span>Anti-data center activists typically cite concerns about water usage, pollution, or the cost of building the data centers themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=739\">DHS Arrests Ilhan Omar Lookalikes For $21 Million Fraud Scheme<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Many individuals are sincere in their activism. But public opinion on data centers is likely being shaped by foreign actors, according to a report from the Bitcoin Policy Institute. <\/span><b>(RELATED: CHRIS JOHNSON: AI Data Centers Can Win Over Skeptics. But It Must Learn From Fracking)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>BPI\u2019s head of research Sam Lyman <\/span><span>explained<\/span><span> Wednesday that China uses social media as a \u201cgain of function for their propaganda\u201d on The Hill\u2019s \u201cRising.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThrough the networks that we\u2019ve identified in this report, specifically US-based nonprofits, they\u2019re able to amplify a lot of anti-data center misinformation, and push those out into local communities in Utah, Idaho, Georgia, other places where these data centers are getting built.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>BPI <\/span><span>documents<\/span><span> how Chinese Communist Party state media, nonprofits backed by billionaire businessman Neville Roy Singham, and \u201cforeign-billionaire dark money\u201d have campaigned to influence Americans\u2019 perception of artificial intelligence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_2 --> <\/p>\n<p><span>Singham is the subject of ongoing congressional investigations, and an interagency <\/span><span>investigation<\/span><span> conducted by the Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and Department of War. Authorities are <\/span><span>investigating<\/span><span> Singham\u2019s alleged ties to the CCP, and whether he has violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) by failing to publicly disclose those ties. <strong>(RELATED: \u2018They\u2019re Up My Ass\u2019: Everything You Need To Know About Feds\u2019 Probe Into Left\u2019s Favorite Influencer)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Singham, who is based in Shanghai, has given over $278 million to thousands of left-wing nonprofits and other organizations since 2017, <\/span><span>according to<\/span><span> a Fox News investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A New York Times (NYT) investigation <\/span><span>claimed<\/span><span> Singham \u201cworks closely with the Chinese government media machine and is financing its propaganda worldwide\u201d in 2023. Singham\u2019s nonprofits had not registered under FARA, reports the NYT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/10519169\/dailycaller_incontent_3 --> <\/p>\n<p><span>Singham told the NYT in an email, <\/span><span>\u201cI categorically deny and repudiate any suggestion that I am a member of, work for, take orders from, or follow instructions of any political party or government or their representatives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI am solely guided by my beliefs, which are my long-held personal views.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Singham is married to Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans. Singham has given Code Pink approximately $1.4 million in direct funding \u2014 a quarter of its total funding \u2014 from sources \u201clinked\u201d to Singham, <\/span><span>according to<\/span><span> a letter written by Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton in November 2025. Cotton petitioned then-Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Code Pink for potential FARA violations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=733\">SCOOP: 2A Organizations Slap Virginia With Complaint Alleging State Defied Court Order With Gun Law<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Code Pink has a campaign called \u201cData Centers and the War Economy: Action Steps.\u201d The webpage <\/span><span>directs<\/span><span> visitors to sign up to receive resources from Code Pink on how to \u201c<\/span>build a joint struggle against data centers and the war economy that drives and supplies them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>Tune in to Code Pink radio\u2019s latest <\/span><span>episode<\/span><span>, titled, \u201c<\/span>US Empire in Free Fall &amp; China on the Rise.\u201d In it, hosts discuss the \u201c<span>US empire\u2019s last gasps and the push-back at home as residents rise up against data surveillance centers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Code Pink Milwaukee \u201c<\/span><span>disrupted<\/span><span>\u201d the American Economic Interest Summit in May, a man marching around with signs reading: \u201cData Centers Kill People &amp; Planet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>An article by Code Pink media relations manager Melissa Garriga <\/span><span>frames<\/span><span> the data center debate in violent terms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cDo towns that pride themselves on family values want to be the workforce behind a killing machine capable of murdering young girls?\u201d Garriga asks. Garriga is referring to the use of AI in planning wartime operations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Beyond Singham, BPI notes that foreign billionaires like Kristian Parker and Hansj\u00f6rg Wyss are funneling money into anti-data center nonprofits. BPI points to anti-data center advocacy in CCP m<\/span><span>edia, such as \u201cChina Daily\u201d and \u201cGlobal Times.\u201d <\/span><b>(RELATED: Sam Altman Says He\u2019s \u2018Delighted To Be Wrong\u2019 About AI\u2019s Impact On Jobs)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Meanwhile, says BPI, \u201c<\/span><span>While Beijing\u2019s state media warns American audiences that data centers are environmentally and economically dangerous, the Chinese state subsidizes up to half of the energy costs of its own AI data center operators.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Data centers are an inevitability. We may decline to build them. China will not. <\/span><span>It is critical that we do not adopt a federal moratorium on data centers, as Democratic Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have <\/span><span>proposed<\/span><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We should seek to make data centers minimally disruptive to locals, yes. Making data centers look architecturally attractive would go a long way in this regard, but that\u2019s another topic entirely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/hometransferguide.com\/?p=731\">Maryland Decides It\u2019s A Great Time To Soften Penalties Amid Youth Crime Crisis<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public opinion on data centers is likely being shaped by foreign actors, according to a report from the Bitcoin Policy Institute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[410,238,29,1136,1149,1150],"class_list":["post-741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-ccp","tag-china","tag-code-pink","tag-data-center","tag-neville-roy-singham"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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