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Do you have evidence? Because that claim doesn't pass the sniff test - why would people who have large amounts of money care about data centers?

Reads like classic projection to me. Always accuse the other side of what your side is doing.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/business/china-russia-ai-...

Is there? Do you have sourcing? Who are the well funded actors spending big against data centers?

The Chinese Communist Party

Again: sourcing? An explanation of how the Chinese Communist Party is able to transfer money to middle of nowhere community activists like those mentioned in the article?

It's not just about money but the social media boosting of narratives.

You probably know about Singham and "United front".

Here's a cursory link to a paper of record.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/09/business/china-russia-ai-...

I've seen similar with electric vehicle narratives. Claims directly from Russia (Dmitry Rogozin) that the USG is subsidising its space industry repeated as fact. etc.

how many orders of magnitude less than the money flowing into building data centers? 6 or 7?

"Everyone that disagrees with me is a bot or paid propaganda". Sure, go tell yourself that. The money is clearly on the pro-AI camp, and you'd have to be delusional to think it isn't.