Tech millionaires claim China is behind a wave of local opposition to U.S. data centers, while providing little direct evidence.
Protesters hold signs in front the of the Utah State Capitol building to oppose the construction of the Stratos data center in Box Elder County on May 23, 2026 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tech millionaires claim China is behind a wave of local opposition to U.S. data centers, while providing little direct evidence.
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From Utah to Georgia, communities are demanding data center moratoriums as concerns move from local zoning fights into national…
“China is a common and comfortable boogeyman in American politics, for right or for wrong,” one political scientist told Fortune.
Chinese state-linked propaganda outlets may have reportedly helped fund and amplify anti-data center activism in the United…
Data center critics counter that the industry is using China as a bogeyman.
Kevin O'Leary suggested China is funding online misinformation against the Utah data center project.
