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Who’s funding the data center fight?
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Power bills and water worries are real, but the backlash against data centers may not be as homegrown as it looks. Kim follows the money, and where it leads may surprise you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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As each week passes, I grow concerned that there's much more to the data center backlash than first meets the eye. Especially if you voted to halt or pause the data centers. Listen up.
Power bill and water worries are real, on the left and the right. But follow the money. In Maryland, a $5 billion data center is on hold. A local petition sat at 180 signatures.
Then a group called the Party for Socialization and Liberation promoted it, and it rocketed past $20,000. group is tied to a funding network run by a Shanghai-based tech millionaire. Congress is investigating whether he is doing Beijing's bidding. One study says campaigns this group
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