<p class="p1">The posts look natural enough, if a little AI-sloppy. Beautiful landscapes with recognizable local landmarks in the distance and a bold message: “It’s not worth giving up an inch of this to a data center.” Your suspicions might be aroused by the fact that the message is so similar, despite the pages in question allegedly being from so many different places. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/justchicagousa/posts/pfbid02T1XPTkb9Uac8n4B1kroGn4PfGiHCefnmHHT5vqRDsZwcadoBwqvoM47ai8T6jq1pl"><span class="s1">Chicago</span></a>. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0n5w68Ci4Do6h95rNcZmkA1QRYkBo18aL4oEepkkoTjRPon6r23McDVWdvvhMJURbl&amp;id=61578074804916"><span class="s1">Washington</span></a>. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02eud5yB7v1DSPRsEW5m1mnrwmFfEaxCAVb73kiZtwFvhcuY7puniUQrDpZhBtBL6Cl&amp;id=100090553535056"><span class="s1">Ohio</span></a>. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02GhVMni2BtQC9wsDsyhZr8TEE1WzU4wV54WbaAH7vteUudPoXRq7v1Pm5SDATriJFl&amp;id=61587100298203"><span class="s1">Utah</span></a>. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02cL7cLxXYufqgDMGUkn6Cp59rEd5zGRWgjyy9T2A5EANVMd7PitDDNFY1hysStDV9l&amp;id=61584596922407"><span class="s1">Kentucky</span></a></p>
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<p class="p1">There is a lot of discussion about data centers in America these days. But how much of it is genuine debate about the future of our nation’s digital infrastructure, and how much of it is driven by something else? Something more nefarious? One clue might be in where these pages are managed – almost all of them in Bangladesh.</p>
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<p class="p1">You might be surprised to see this. I am not. Having closely followed the debate in America over data centers – and the AI technology they help power – it is increasingly obvious that foreign powers are showing a distinct interest in sowing strife and division among the American public for a single purpose: slowing American AI development.</p>
<p class="p1">It’s not just posts on social media, either. At a recent event, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum <a href="http://It%E2%80%99s%20not%20just%20posts%20on%20social%20media,%20either.%20Interior%20Secretary%20Doug%20Burgum%20warned%20at%20a%20recent%20event%20that%20%E2%80%9Cforeign-sourced,%20dark%20money%E2%80%9D%20has%20been%20funding%20anti-data-center%20advocacy%20inside%20America.%20A%20recent%20report%20in%20American%20Intelligence%20put%20these%20operations%20in%20the%20broader%20context%20of%20long-running%20operations%20by%20foreign%20actors%20to%20discourage%20American%20energy%20and%20technological%20development,%20using%20%E2%80%9Cgreen%E2%80%9D%20and%20%E2%80%9Cenvironmental%E2%80%9D%20concerns%20to%20slow%20down%20America%E2%80%99s%20growth.%20And%20an%20expose%20by%20the%20Bitcoin%20Policy%20Institute%20connected%20the%20dots%20between%20specific%20Chinese-%20Communist-funded%20entities%20and%20dark-money%20organizations%20in%20the%20United%20States%20pushing%20anti-AI%20and%20anti-data-center%20messaging."><span class="s1">warned</span></a> that “foreign-sourced, dark money” has been funding anti-data-center advocacy inside America. A <a href="https://datafortherepublic.com/articles/chinas-playbook-to-kill-american-ai?_sm_nck=1"><span class="s1">recent report</span></a> in American Intelligence placed these operations in the broader context of long-running efforts by foreign actors to discourage American energy and technological development, using “green” and “environmental” concerns to slow America’s growth. And an expose by the <a href="https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai"><span class="s1">Bitcoin Policy Institute</span></a> connected the dots between specific Chinese Communist-funded entities and dark-money organizations in the United States that are pushing anti-AI and anti-data-center messaging.</p>
<p class="p1">It isn’t even all behind-the-scenes: Senator Bernie Sanders <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bernie-sanders-plans-schmooze-with-top-beijing-ai-experts-ignites-backlash"><span class="s2">brought two Chinese professors</span></a> – including an active Counselor of the State Council of the People&#8217;s Republic of China – to his recent event on Capitol Hill about how America needs to slow down on AI.</p>
<p class="p1">Why would foreign actors and governments care about slowing down American AI development? Because they’re not far behind. Experts estimate that American frontier (latest, most advanced) AI models are <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/16/google-deepmind-china-ai-demis-hassabis.html"><span class="s2">around six months</span></a> ahead of our closest foreign competitors in China. Six months may not sound like a lot of time, but in AI it can be a lifetime. And that six months means that in any adversarial situation (think hacking, cybercrime, etc.), the AI resources available to Americans would be six months ahead of overseas attackers. Our enemies would love for that gap to close.</p>
<p class="p1">I want to be clear about what I’m <i>not</i> alleging: I don’t think that the entirety of the discussion around data centers or the AI infrastructure of the future is a foreign creation. There surely are people right here in America with strong views on any new construction anywhere. But it is indisputable that foreign actors are now working to inflame those tensions, and that any slowdown in American AI development only benefits our overseas adversaries.</p>
<p class="p1">It would be one thing if China were slowing down its own buildout of electricity or data centers in the same way that these networks of foreign influence peddlers are urging the United States to slow down. They’re not. China <a href="https://www.vaneck.com/us/en/blogs/natural-resources/the-power-divide-china-us-and-the-future-of-the-grid/"><span class="s2">already generates</span></a> more than double the electricity we do in the United States, and it’s expanded its capacity roughly fivefold since 2005, while America’s has remained flat. Reports indicate that China is looking to triple that capacity over the next 25 years. Electricity generation isn’t the only ingredient in the development of advanced AI systems, but it’s a major one – one that China is poised to run away with.</p>
<p class="p1">America’s energy needs going forward are great. The All-In Podcast’s David Friedberg <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u6rferqeaY0"><span class="s2">broke it down</span></a> succinctly, tying together America’s need for energy production, how it fuels our economic growth, and how it could even help pay down our national debt. Unlike in China, investment in AI infrastructure is driven almost entirely by the private sector, meaning taxpayers are on the hook for very little. And with President Donald Trump’s <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/03/ratepayer-protection-pledge/"><span class="s2">Ratepayer Protection Plan</span></a>, bipartisan efforts in Congress, and commitments from the leading AI companies to cover ratepayer costs, we can expand our capacity with only positive effects on American ratepayers and taxpayers.</p>
<p class="p1">All we have to do is let them build. The question is: will we? And who will try to stop us, and with what tactics?</p>
<p class="p1">Americans should be wary of who is pushing negative messages about AI and data centers into their feeds and the American media. These negative and inflammatory messages are designed to divide us and should be viewed with heavy suspicion. Ask yourself: who benefits from America losing the AI race?</p>
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<p class="p1"><i>Logan Dobson is a public affairs specialist in Washington, D.C., who serves as an advisor to Build American AI, a pro-American AI advocacy group focused on passing a national regulatory framework for AI.</i></p>

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