@pdavisjones: In Maryland, a $5 billion data center complex, which had originally been permitted in 2024 and slated to start construction in 2027, was stopped by, according to NPR, an "unexpected activist". A young woman who lived a mile or so away from the proposed facility, according to NPR, said, "Oh hell no," and then began a petition drive to stop the data center. According to my research, the petition drive was not very successful, gathering somewhere around 5,000 signatures on its own. That is until the Party for Socialism and Liberation stepped in, produced and promoted an Instagram reel, and spun up its own network to organize protests near the data center and ultimately caused the petition to go to bypass 25,000 signatories. So in this story, we're going to look at all of this because the Party for Socialism and Liberation has been identified by a House committee as a Chinese propaganda outlet tied to riots in LA and money from Neville Roy Singham, a former tech executive now living in Shanghai who, according to reports from The New York Times, is funding a network of Chinese propaganda outlets worldwide. At the end of the story, I'm going to ask you, did this unexpected Maryland activist stop this data center, or did somebody acting in the interest of China stop it? #news #maryland #china #Tech #investigation

Wise_Move🙏🏾 :

Singham never organizes protest in China for Tibet, Wegar Muslims or Taiwan 🧐

Lucy Biggers :

This story had my jaw on FLOOR

ettipurselane :

she would rather China get the new ai and databases. of course they are working for China

Jenmwho? :

This is so sad. Social media is insidious. It’s breaking our country apart from the inside.

jsngrate1 :

China wants us to slow down so they can be #1 in AI

👁️EyeOnChina :

Great reporting Davis. Jeez your content is just the best.

Liked your comment :

This historic slab of concrete and weeds must stand as testament to our heritage. Nothing can be built on this historic site

Mary Rose :

Why can’t we just come up with a plan that works for everyone. There must be locations that won’t cause much damage

MikeyB7364 :

Always follow the money! 💰💸

ajbaker286 :

China don’t want us to have data centers.

Im_Free_By_Gods_Grace_ :

What impact will the data center have on the water quality in the area? What impact will the data center have on the ecosystem? Who benefits from a data center in the community? Who has voluntarily invested in having a data center in their community?

ExLionTamer_69 :

Smart. It’ll get built in Mexico or India or any other friendly nation that will rent the compute back to US businesses and users. AI demand is only growing.

ArcaneKnowledge :

cool now it will just continue to be a mosquito swamp😭

AirGuy :

Just ridiculous. Heaven forbid that we move forward in MD.

disabled.denny :

“Protests you say” 😂😂😂

msue101 :

Excellent work! Wow, thank you.

GunYard :

Great stuff! 😁 Thank you Davis

OWL :

👁️EyeOnChina :

Sickening. And outrageous.

dunnepeter :

We know the answer

406CCMcNeil🐾 :

I saw this story on Fox this morning but your reporting gives far more of the real story.

giallowitch :

This makes me sick

Jon :

NIMBY

Laura :

Just wow! Thanks for this info. Never saw this anywhere else?!?!

Charlie :

Davis you don’t seem as cheery lately! 😄