{"id":1230,"date":"2026-06-04T21:09:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T21:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2026-06-04T21:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T21:09:55","slug":"three-gop-congressmen-probe-foreign-efforts-to-block-u-s-data-center-build-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1230","title":{"rendered":"Three GOP congressmen probe foreign efforts to block U.S. data center build-out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>A trio of Republicans requested evidence of foreign influence campaigns working to slow U.S. artificial intelligence progress and block the development of the infrastructure needed to power it.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1228\">Postal oversight body says USPS delivery expectations must be amended to keep it afloat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>GOP Reps. Brett Guthrie of Kentucky, John Joyce of Pennsylvania and Bob Latta of Ohio sent a letter Thursday to the President\u2019s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology and FBI Director Kash Patel, requesting a briefing on how the Trump administration is investigating and preventing foreign influence campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Citing investigations from the Bitcoin Policy Institute and Power the Future that detail such foreign-linked influence campaigns, the three said the administration must take \u201cany effort to undermine this objective \u2014 particularly from foreign adversaries \u2014 with a great deal of seriousness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reports detail how the campaigns \u2014 many of which originate from China \u2014 have engaged in a coordinated effort to slow America\u2019s AI development and the building of infrastructure, such as data centers.<\/p>\n<p>The Bitcoin Policy Institute found that international actors are using state media organizations, nonprofit networks and dark money groups to shape U.S. policy and public opinion on artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>The report cited Chinese Communist Party-linked networks funded by Shanghai-based businessman and social activist Neville Roy Singham.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1226\">Israel, Hezbollah trade attacks despite ceasefire, threatening peace deal between U.S., Iran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While Mr. Singham says he does not work at the direction of the CCP, a 2023 New York Times investigation found that he \u201cworks closely with the Chinese government media machine, and two outlets in his media network \u2019spread China\u2019s voice to the world.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur nation is locked in a race with China to innovate and lead the world in the development of artificial intelligence technologies. The fact that Chinese Communist Party-backed entities and other foreign adversaries may be attempting to influence decisions related to American data center infrastructure puts into perspective how serious of a fight we are in,\u201d Mr. Guthrie, chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, said in a statement. \u201cAmericans deserve to know who is bankrolling the disinformation campaign that seeks to block critical infrastructure investments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Power the Future\u2019s report pointed toward billionaire donors funding U.S. nonprofits to skew public opinion against AI data center infrastructure. Some activists have reportedly targeted the financial framework that funds AI infrastructure, such as scrutinizing utilities\u2019 return on equity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cData centers are the foundational computing structure that makes modern life possible,\u201d Mr. Guthrie said. \u201cFrom financial and medical records that underpin the economy and personal health care to the photos and emails on our phones to the critical infrastructure that keeps the electricity flowing to homes and businesses, so much of what we take for granted in our daily digital lives relies on the data center infrastructure across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=1224\">Make \u201860 Minutes\u2019 great again<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trio of Republicans requested evidence of foreign influence campaigns working to slow U.S. artificial intelligence progress and block the development of the infrastructure needed to power it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[932,931,930,12,426],"class_list":["post-1230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-bob-latta","tag-brett-guthrie","tag-china","tag-chinese-communist-party"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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