Left groups and China unite to stall U.S. AI data-center expansion
A coalition of progressive organizations, financed by Shanghai-based activist Neville Roy Singham, is working with Chinese interests to block the construction of AI data centers across the United States.
According to the piece, the United States faces a "new AI Cold War" with China, and the progressive Left is actively undermining the nation’s AI dominance by opposing new data-center construction. Investigations reveal that Neville Roy Singham, an American Marxist operating from Shanghai, has funneled at least $275 million into groups such as Code Pink and the Justice and Education Fund, which coordinate anti-data-center campaigns.
The Party for Socialism and Liberation, emerging from Singham’s network, has been credited with stalling about $24 billion of AI-infrastructure projects in locations like East Charlotte, North Carolina, and Prince George’s County, Maryland. The House Energy and Commerce Committee has called on the White House and FBI to examine foreign efforts to sabotage the build-out. Proponents highlight the economic upside of data centers, citing examples like a Meta facility in Louisiana that generated enough tax revenue to fund sizable teacher bonuses and projected billions in tax receipts for Loudoun County, Virginia. The article concludes that without AI-driven productivity gains, the U.S. workforce—shrinking due to retirements, low birth rates, and reduced immigration—will struggle to sustain growth.
Why it matters
The story shows how foreign-backed political activism could impede critical AI infrastructure, affecting U.S. economic and security interests.
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