{"id":8064,"date":"2026-05-03T20:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=8064"},"modified":"2026-05-03T20:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:22:12","slug":"energy-group-asks-congress-to-investigate-potentially-foreign-backed-campaigns-against-ai-data-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=8064","title":{"rendered":"Energy group asks Congress to investigate potentially foreign-backed campaigns against AI data centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Power the Future, a pro-energy advocacy group, is asking Congress to take a closer look at\u00a0opposition to data centers\u00a0springing up across the country.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) and Sen.\u00a0Rand Paul\u00a0(R-Ky.) the group asked lawmakers to open formal investigations into millions of dollars in funding they believe is incentivizing nonprofits and local groups to take up an environmental stance against data centers.<\/p>\n<p>In their view, it\u2019s a movement that\u2019s trying to look more grassroots than it actually is.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe request that your committees open a formal investigation into a coordinated, billionaire-funded, and\u00a0potentially foreign-backed political campaign\u00a0designed to block the construction of data center and AI infrastructure across the United States, which sits among the most important economic and national-security buildouts of President Trump\u2019s second term,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n<p>The letter highlights fears that American laws surrounding nonprofits, which shield\u00a0donors from public disclosures,\u00a0could be enabling wealthy ideologues to make donations that are difficult to track.<\/p>\n<p>The group pointed to environmentally-minded nonprofits like the Sierra Club, Food and Water Watch, Earthjustice, Goods Jobs First, Piedmont Environmental Council, the Southern\u00a0Environmental Law\u00a0Center, MediaJustice and the Athena Coalition that have received \u2014 and spent millions \u2014 opposing their expansion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A sign opposing plans for an artificial intelligence data center in New Carlisle, Ind. seen on March 23, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>New Venture Fund, the Sierra Club Foundation and the Sixteen Thirty Fund collectively received over $13 million from pro-environmental donors, according to grant reporting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Morning Report\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear if those donations were made for the express intent of opposing data center constructions.<\/p>\n<p>Even so, across the board, the groups affirm that data centers are\u00a0costing more resources than they\u00a0are worth at the expense of local communities\u2019 environmental well-being.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Demonstrators from the group Tigers Against Pollution holding a \u201cdie-in\u201d to protest the xAI data center in Memphis on May 1, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Power the Future disagrees.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond\u00a0generating tax revenue for\u00a0communities and creating employment opportunities, Power the Future argued that the data centers enable the US to stay competitive with foreign powers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInterior Secretary Doug Burgum has called\u00a0opposition to that buildout\u00a0a \u2018surrender\u2019 to China,\u201d Power the Future wrote in its data center report.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A protest against an AI data center in Imperial, Calif. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook\/NIKBY, Imperial<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe compute infrastructure that trains\u00a0AI models,\u00a0processes intelligence data and powers the next generation of American economic and military advantage has to be built somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the group\u2019s founder, Daniel Turner, believes that part of the opposition may well come from legitimate local concerns about\u00a0unwanted development in rural areas,\u00a0he\u2019s skeptical of the money being pumped into the picture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is certainly a lot for communities to discuss around data centers. 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