# Foreign Influence in the Campaign Against American AI — Key Findings & Sources

> Interactive investigation of the foreign influence campaign against American AI, by the Bitcoin Policy Institute. Part I maps Chinese state media, the CCP-aligned Singham network and foreign-billionaire money behind the AI data-center moratorium push; Part II maps 21 PSL campaigns in 14 states that stalled ~$23.6B in AI investment. Every connection sourced.

Publisher: Bitcoin Policy Institute (https://www.btcpolicy.org). Author: Sam Lyman, Head of Research, Bitcoin Policy Institute.
Interactive site: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/ — Part I network: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1 — Part II map: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2
HTML version of this page: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/ — JSON dataset: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/data.json
Updated: 2026-09-03

## Source reports
- Part I — Foreign Influence in the Campaign against American AI (2026-05-18): https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai
- Part II — Foreign Influence in the Campaign against American AI, Part II: The Singham Ground Game (2026-06-29): https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game

## How to cite
- Site: Bitcoin Policy Institute. “Anatomy of a Psy-op: Foreign Influence in the Campaign Against American AI” (interactive). https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/. Accessed [date].
- Part I: Lyman, Sam. “Foreign Influence in the Campaign against American AI.” Bitcoin Policy Institute, May 18, 2026. https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai.
- Part II: Lyman, Sam. “Foreign Influence in the Campaign against American AI, Part II: The Singham Ground Game.” Bitcoin Policy Institute, June 29, 2026. https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game.
- A single statistic: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-<id> (ids listed below).

## Key statistics (34)

### 2 of 4 — Panelists at Sen. Bernie Sanders’ April 29, 2026 US Capitol panel on “the existential threat of AI” who were Chinese government affiliates: Zeng Yi (Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance) and Xue Lan (Counsellor of the PRC State Council).
- Report: Part I (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-sanders-panel
- Sources:
  - Bernie Sanders splits with Washington on AI arms race with China (Axios, Apr 30, 2026): https://www.axios.com/2026/04/30/bernie-sanders-ai-arms-race-china
  - BPI, Foreign Influence in the Campaign against American AI (May 18, 2026): https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai

### 107 days — Between the December 8, 2025 Food & Water Watch coalition letter demanding a national data-center moratorium and the March 25, 2026 introduction of the Sanders–Ocasio-Cortez AI Data Center Moratorium Act (S. 4214), whose Section 3 tracks the letter’s demands.
- Report: Part I (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-s4214-107-days
- Sources:
  - National Data Center Moratorium coalition letter (Food & Water Watch et al., Dec 8, 2025): https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/National-Data-Center-Moratorium.pdf
  - AI Data Center Moratorium Act, S. 4214 — bill text (introduced Mar 25, 2026): https://www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/AI-Data-Center-Moratorium.-FINAL-Text.pdf

### 230+ — Organizations that signed the December 8, 2025 coalition letter, several of them grantees of the foreign-billionaire foundations documented in Part I (Oil Change International, 350.org, Greenpeace, Americans for Financial Reform).
- Report: Part I (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-fww-signatories
- Sources:
  - National Data Center Moratorium coalition letter (Food & Water Watch et al., Dec 8, 2025): https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/National-Data-Center-Moratorium.pdf
  - Foreign Funding of US Anti–Data Center Activism (American Energy Institute, Apr 2026): https://americanenergyinstitute.com/docs/aei_data-center_report_v2.pdf

### $278 million — Routed from three Singham-controlled entities into six US nonprofits (BreakThrough/BT Media, CodePink, Justice and Education Fund, The People’s Forum, People’s Support Foundation, Tricontinental) between 2017 and 2023, per a Fox News Digital review of IRS filings.
- Report: Part I (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-singham-278m
- Sources:
  - Red wealth, dark money: How an American tycoon deploys Mao’s playbook against the West (Fox News Digital, Mar 2026): https://www.foxnews.com/politics/red-wealth-dark-money-how-american-tycoon-deploys-maos-playbook-against-west
  - Lawmakers raise alarm over Neville Roy Singham’s $278M network (Fox News Digital): https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lawmakers-raise-alarm-neville-roy-singhams-278m-network-spreading-ccp-propaganda-us

### ~25% — Share of CodePink’s budget supplied by organizations in the Singham network, per the New York Times investigation. Singham is married to CodePink co-founder Jodie Evans.
- Report: Part I (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-codepink-quarter
- Sources:
  - A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul (New York Times, Aug 5, 2023): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/world/europe/neville-roy-singham-china-propaganda.html

### $2 billion+ — Funneled by six foreign-tied charitable vehicles into US 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) advocacy groups, per Americans for Public Trust’s reports and congressional testimony.
- Report: Part I (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-foreign-charities-2b
- Sources:
  - Caitlin Sutherland (Americans for Public Trust), testimony to House Ways and Means, Feb 10, 2026: https://waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Caitlin-Sutherland-Testimony-2.10.26-Hearing.pdf
  - Foreign Charities Funding Extreme Policies (Americans for Public Trust, Oct 2025): https://americansforpublictrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/APT_Foreign-Charities-Funding-Extreme-Policies-Report-1.pdf
  - Over $2.65 Billion in Foreign Money Influencing U.S. Politics (Americans for Public Trust, Feb 2026): https://americansforpublictrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Foreign-Funding-Cumulatve-Report.pdf

### ~$700 million — Moved into the US nonprofit sector by Swiss billionaire Hansjörg Wyss through the Wyss Foundation (501(c)(3)) and the Berger Action Fund (501(c)(4)).
- Report: Part I (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-wyss-700m
- Sources:
  - Caitlin Sutherland (Americans for Public Trust), testimony to House Ways and Means, Feb 10, 2026: https://waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Caitlin-Sutherland-Testimony-2.10.26-Hearing.pdf

### ~$278 million — Received by the Sixteen Thirty Fund, the 501(c)(4) at the center of the Arabella Advisors network, from Wyss alone. Sixteen Thirty is under House Oversight investigation for a secret paid-influencer program.
- Report: Part I (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-sixteen-thirty-278m
- Sources:
  - Caitlin Sutherland (Americans for Public Trust), testimony to House Ways and Means, Feb 10, 2026: https://waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Caitlin-Sutherland-Testimony-2.10.26-Hearing.pdf
  - House Oversight inquiry to Sixteen Thirty Fund on the “Chorus” influencer program (Nov 18, 2025): https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Chorus-inquiry-to-1630_11.18.2025-3.pdf

### $750 million+ — Given by the Switzerland-based Oak Foundation (founded by British billionaire Alan Parker) to more than 150 US groups in the decade through 2024. Oak funds Oil Change International, 350.org, New York Communities for Change, and GAIA, all signatories of the moratorium letter.
- Report: Part I (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-oak-750m
- Sources:
  - Caitlin Sutherland (Americans for Public Trust), testimony to House Ways and Means, Feb 10, 2026: https://waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Caitlin-Sutherland-Testimony-2.10.26-Hearing.pdf
  - Foreign Funding of US Anti–Data Center Activism (American Energy Institute, Apr 2026): https://americanenergyinstitute.com/docs/aei_data-center_report_v2.pdf

### ~$840 million — Collected by Oak Foundation founder Alan Parker in LVMH’s 1997 takeover of Hong Kong–based DFS Group (Duty Free Shoppers) before relocating to Geneva to scale Oak’s grantmaking.
- Report: Part I (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-parker-840m
- Sources:
  - Millions of Dollars Couldn’t Keep DFS Group Together (New York Times, Mar 12, 1997): https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/12/business/millions-of-dollars-couldn-t-keep-dfs-group-together.html

### $39 million+ — Received from foreign donors (primarily Swiss, British, and Danish) by 12 US organizations actively opposing US data-center development, per the American Energy Institute.
- Report: Part I (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-aei-39m
- Sources:
  - Foreign Funding of US Anti–Data Center Activism (American Energy Institute, Apr 2026): https://americanenergyinstitute.com/docs/aei_data-center_report_v2.pdf

### $1,255,000 — 2024 Wyss Foundation grant to Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, the 501(c)(3) arm of a signatory of the December 8, 2025 moratorium letter.
- Report: Part I (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-wyss-afr-grant
- Sources:
  - Wyss Foundation 2024 grants list: https://www.wyssfoundation.org/grants
  - National Data Center Moratorium coalition letter (Food & Water Watch et al., Dec 8, 2025): https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/National-Data-Center-Moratorium.pdf

### 54+ — Local data-center moratoriums already passed in US towns and counties as of Part I, with nine more under active consideration and statewide moratorium bills filed in at least 12 states this legislative cycle.
- Report: Part I (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-local-moratoriums-54
- Sources:
  - Data Center Moratorium Bills Are Spreading in 2026 (Good Jobs First): https://goodjobsfirst.org/data-center-moratorium-bills-are-spreading-in-2026/

### 18 months — Statewide freeze on data centers over 20 MW passed by Maine’s legislature, vetoed by Governor Janet Mills on April 24, 2026; the override failed on April 29, 2026.
- Report: Part I (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-maine-veto
- Sources:
  - Governor Mills Announces Decision on LD 307 (Apr 24, 2026): https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/news/governor-mills-announces-decision-ld-307-2026-04-24
  - Legislature fails to override Mills’ veto of landmark data center ban (Maine Morning Star, Apr 29, 2026): https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/04/29/despite-initial-support-legislature-fails-to-override-mills-veto-of-landmark-data-center-ban/

### 69% → 35% — Virginia public support for new data-center construction, 2023 versus an April 2026 Washington Post–Schar School poll. Virginia hosts the world’s largest concentration of data centers.
- Report: Part I (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-virginia-poll
- Sources:
  - Poll finds Virginia voters have turned against data centers (Washington Post, Apr 15, 2026): https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/04/15/data-centers-poll-virginia/

### Up to 50% — Share of energy costs the Chinese state subsidizes for its own AI data-center operators, while its English-language outlets warn US audiences that data centers raise electricity bills.
- Report: Part I (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-china-subsidy
- Sources:
  - China offers tech giants cheap power to boost domestic AI chips (Reuters, Nov 4, 2025): https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-offers-tech-giants-cheap-power-boost-domestic-ai-chips-ft-reports-2025-11-04/

### ~5 years — Span of Tricontinental’s anti-export-control publishing, from Dossier no. 46 (November 2021, a year before US AI chip controls) to Breaking the Stranglehold (March 27, 2026).
- Report: Part I (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-tricontinental-5-years
- Sources:
  - Dossier no. 46: Big Tech and the Current Challenges Facing the Class Struggle (Tricontinental, Nov 2021): https://thetricontinental.org/dossier-46-big-tech/
  - Breaking the Stranglehold: How China Is Shattering US Technological Hegemony (Tricontinental, Mar 27, 2026): https://thetricontinental.org/asia/breaking-the-stranglehold-how-china-is-shattering-us-technological-hegemony/

### 6+ / 4+ — Times China Daily and Global Times featured Xue Lan across 2024–2025 (at least six) and times Global Times published Zeng Yi on AI governance since 2023 (at least four), before both sat on the Sanders panel.
- Report: Part I (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-state-media-coverage
- Sources:
  - BPI, Foreign Influence in the Campaign against American AI (May 18, 2026): https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-in-the-campaign-against-american-ai

### ~$23.6 billion — Proposed AI and data-center investment delayed, scaled back, or blocked in campaigns where the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) was a critical mobilizer.
- Report: Part II (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-psl-23-6b
- Note: Conservative. Sums only projects with a publicly disclosed value: Prince George’s County ($5B), Tucson ($3.6B), Chandler ($2B), Franklin Township ($1B), DeForest ($12B). At least five additional stalled or blocked projects had no disclosed value; Box Elder’s “Wonder Valley” (scaled back but continuing) is excluded.
- Sources:
  - BPI, Foreign Influence in the Campaign against American AI, Part II: The Singham Ground Game (Jun 29, 2026): https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game

### 21 campaigns · 14 states — PSL data-center campaigns documented in Part II, with wins concentrated in nine states (NC, MD, AZ, IN, WI, GA, CO, CA, UT).
- Report: Part II (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-psl-21-campaigns
- Sources:
  - BPI, Foreign Influence in the Campaign against American AI, Part II: The Singham Ground Game (Jun 29, 2026): https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game

### 10 · 1 · 4 — Local moratoria (10) · permanent data-center ban (1, Monterey Park CA) · rejected or scrapped projects (4: Tucson and Chandler zoning rejections; Franklin Township and DeForest withdrawals). Five campaigns remain active; two failed (Sangamon County IL, Louisville KY).
- Report: Part II (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-psl-outcomes
- Sources:
  - BPI, Foreign Influence in the Campaign against American AI, Part II: The Singham Ground Game (Jun 29, 2026): https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game

### 84,905 → 167,772 — PSL presidential vote, 2020 (Gloria La Riva) to 2024 (De la Cruz–Garcia), on the ballot in 19 states and tallied in 36 — the largest result for an explicitly socialist ticket since 1936.
- Report: Part II (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-psl-vote
- Sources:
  - Claudia De la Cruz receives official vote tallies in 36 states (Ballot Access News, Dec 22, 2024): https://ballot-access.org/2024/12/22/claudia-de-la-cruz-receives-official-vote-tallies-in-36-states/
  - Gloria La Riva (Ballotpedia): https://ballotpedia.org/Gloria_La_Riva

### 28+ — PSL “Liberation Centers” — storefront organizing hubs in major and mid-major US metros.
- Report: Part II (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-liberation-centers
- Sources:
  - China-Linked Group’s Socialist ‘Liberation Centers’ Coming to a Town Near You (Daily Signal, May 19, 2026): https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/19/liberation-centers-town-near-you/

### $785 million — Reported price of Neville Roy Singham’s 2017 sale of the software consultancy Thoughtworks to Apax Partners. Singham, a US citizen based in Shanghai, previously consulted for Huawei.
- Report: Part II (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-thoughtworks-785m
- Sources:
  - A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul (New York Times, Aug 5, 2023): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/world/europe/neville-roy-singham-china-propaganda.html

### 20,000+ — Signatures on the PSL petition against the ~$5 billion Brightseat Tech Park (Lerner Enterprises) at the former Landover Mall site in Prince George’s County, Maryland, before the county paused data-center permitting.
- Report: Part II (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-pg-petition
- Sources:
  - This socialist party is leading the fight against data centers in Prince George’s County (WAMU, Dec 3, 2025): https://wamu.org/story/25/12/03/this-socialist-party-is-leading-the-fight-against-data-centers-in-prince-georges-county/
  - Lawmakers Pause Data Center Development in Maryland County in Wake of $5B Megaproject (Commercial Observer, Sep 2025): https://commercialobserver.com/2025/09/data-center-pause-prince-george-maryland/

### $12 billion — Blackstone-backed QTS hyperscale campus in DeForest, Wisconsin (1,600 acres annexed from Vienna), declared “not feasible” by the village on January 27, 2026 after PSL Madison and residents organized against it; QTS withdrew.
- Report: Part II (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-qts-12b
- Sources:
  - DeForest announces it won’t move forward with controversial $12 billion data center (Wisconsin Watch, Jan 28, 2026): https://wisconsinwatch.org/2026/01/deforest-wisconsin-data-center-project-village-board-government/

### $3.6 billion — Amazon-linked “Project Blue” campus in Tucson, Arizona: annexation rejected 7–0 by the City Council in August 2025; Amazon withdrew that December; the project was delayed for months and rerouted to unincorporated Pima County.
- Report: Part II (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-project-blue-3-6b
- Sources:
  - Residents cheer as Tucson rejects Amazon’s massive Project Blue data center campus (Data Center Dynamics): https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/residents-cheer-as-tucson-rejects-amazons-massive-project-blue-data-center-campus-in-arizona/
  - Construction begins on Project Blue, Pima County’s first hyperscale data center (Construction Review): https://constructionreviewonline.com/construction-begins-on-project-blue-pima-countys-first-hyperscale-data-center/

### $2 billion — AI data-center rezoning in Chandler, Arizona rejected 7–0 by the City Council in December 2025 after PSL Phoenix and PSL Tucson turned residents out.
- Report: Part II (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-chandler-2b
- Sources:
  - Chandler City Council unanimously rejects proposed $2 billion AI data center (12News): https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/chandler-arizona-city-council-unanimously-rejects-proposed-2-billion-ai-data-center-but-questions-remain/75-ac766643-9879-4f7e-997e-a2a79132799a

### $1 billion — Google rezoning project in Franklin Township, Indiana, withdrawn on September 22, 2025 minutes before an Indianapolis City-County Council vote at which at least 17 members had pledged to vote no.
- Report: Part II (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-google-1b
- Sources:
  - Google withdraws Franklin Township rezoning proposal (Fox59): https://fox59.com/news/google-withdraws-franklin-township-rezoning-proposal-future-of-potential-data-center-uncertain/
  - Indianapolis council: Google data center vote withdrawal (WFYI): https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/indianapolis-council-google-data-center-vote-withdrawl

### ~86% — Voter approval of Measure NDC, a permanent data-center ban in Monterey Park, California (June 2026), after the No Data Centers SGV Coalition — which lists PSL Los Angeles as one of six partners — gathered ~4,500 petition signatures.
- Report: Part II (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-monterey-park-86
- Sources:
  - Monterey Park voters approve Measure NDC banning data centers (ABC7): https://abc7.com/post/monterey-park-voters-approve-measure-ndc-banning-power-hungry-data-centers-within-city-limits/19229466/
  - Monterey Park data center ban (LA Public Press, Jun 2026): https://lapublicpress.org/2026/06/monterey-park-data-center-ban-elections-2026/

### Up to $100 billion — Proposed valuation of Kevin O’Leary’s gas-powered “Wonder Valley” computing campus in Box Elder County, Utah. After rallies co-sponsored by PSL Salt Lake and 3,000+ public comments, O’Leary agreed to roughly halve the footprint; the county passed a moratorium exempting the project.
- Report: Part II (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-wonder-valley-100b
- Sources:
  - Kevin O’Leary agrees to cut Box Elder County data center project area in half (KSL): https://www.ksl.com/article/51506884/kevin-oleary-agrees-to-cut-box-elder-county-data-center-project-area-in-half
  - Box Elder County considers data-center moratorium (Salt Lake Tribune, Jun 10, 2026): https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/06/10/box-elder-county-consider/

### 71% — Americans who would oppose an AI data center in their own area (48% strongly), Gallup, fielded March 2–18, 2026.
- Report: Part II (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-gallup-71
- Sources:
  - Americans Oppose Data Centers in Their Area (Gallup, May 13, 2026): https://news.gallup.com/poll/709772/americans-oppose-data-centers-area.aspx

### 32% / 17% — US adults who say they trust AI (32%) and who say they want to embrace it (17%), per the Edelman Trust Barometer.
- Report: Part II (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-edelman-trust
- Sources:
  - Trust in AI: China vs. US (Axios, Feb 13, 2025): https://www.axios.com/2025/02/13/trust-ai-china-us
  - 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer flash poll on AI: https://www.edelman.com/trust/2025/trust-barometer/flash-poll-trust-artifical-intelligence

### Jun 4 & Jun 10, 2026 — House Energy and Commerce leadership asked PCAST and the FBI to investigate foreign efforts to block the US data-center buildout, citing BPI’s findings directly; six days later Sen. Tom Cotton asked the DOJ to investigate Singham by name. No Singham-network entity has registered under FARA.
- Report: Part II (https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/foreign-influence-campaign-against-american-ai-part-ii-singham-ground-game)
- Anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#stat-congress-june-2026
- Sources:
  - Chairmen Guthrie, Joyce, and Latta Request Investigation of Foreign Adversaries’ Efforts to Block American Data Center Buildout (Jun 4, 2026): https://energycommerce.house.gov/posts/chairmen-guthrie-joyce-and-latta-request-investigation-of-foreign-adversaries-efforts-to-block-american-data-center-buildout
  - Cotton to DOJ: Investigate Communist China Influence on Data Center Development (Jun 10, 2026): https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cotton-to-doj-investigate-communist-china-influence-on-data-center-development

## Part I — The influence network (28 nodes, 39 connections)

Interactive map of the three vectors of foreign influence against US AI infrastructure documented by the Bitcoin Policy Institute: Chinese state media (CGTN, China Daily, Global Times, Xinhua), the CCP-aligned Singham network (CodePink, Tricontinental, Peoples Dispatch), and foreign-billionaire money (Wyss and Oak foundations) routed through US nonprofits into the Sanders–Ocasio-Cortez AI Data Center Moratorium Act (S. 4214).

### Origin — CCP / China

#### CCP / China (Chinese Communist Party — People's Republic of China)
- Id: ccp-china — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=ccp-china — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-ccp-china
- Summary: The strategic origin of the campaign. Beijing seeks to slow US AI buildout while accelerating its own.
- Detail: In 2018, Xi Jinping called AI "an important strategic handhold for China to gain the initiative in global science and technology competition." The State Council's 2017 New Generation AI Development Plan committed China to becoming the world's "primary" AI innovation center by 2030. As of late 2025, the Chinese state is cutting the energy bills of large domestic AI data centers in half, even as its English-language outlets warn American audiences that data centers are environmentally and economically dangerous.
- Connections:
  - → China State Media — direct state control
  - → Neville Singham — house investigation into ccp ties
  - → Oak Foundation — oak funding for bri projects
- Sources:
  - Xi Jinping calls for healthy development of AI (Oct 2018 Politburo session) (DigiChina / Stanford): https://digichina.stanford.edu/work/xi-jinping-calls-for-healthy-development-of-ai-translation/
  - New Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan (2017) (PRC State Council / DigiChina): https://digichina.stanford.edu/work/full-translation-chinas-new-generation-artificial-intelligence-development-plan-2017/
  - China offers tech giants cheap power to boost domestic AI chips (Reuters): https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-offers-tech-giants-cheap-power-boost-domestic-ai-chips-ft-reports-2025-11-04/
  - Beijing Accelerates State-Led AI Mobilization Under Xi's New National System (Jamestown Foundation): https://jamestown.org/beijing-accelerates-state-led-ai-mobilization-under-xis-new-national-system/

### Vector I — Foreign state media

#### China State Media (Beijing's English-language propaganda apparatus)
- Id: state-media — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=state-media — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-state-media
- Summary: Beijing's English-language outlets — CGTN, China Daily, Global Times, Xinhua — together with Russia's RT run attributed campaigns directly targeting US AI data centers.
- Detail: Per a Washington Free Beacon investigation, Chinese state media outlets are "now openly campaigning against US AI data centers under their own attribution." Russia's RT has been promoting campaigns to ban data centers in Maine, New York, South Carolina, and Oklahoma. The asymmetry gives the operation away: while Beijing's state media warns American audiences about data center harms, the Chinese state subsidizes its own AI data center operators.
- Connections:
  - ← CCP / China — direct state control
  - → CGTN — part of
  - → China Daily — part of
  - → Global Times — part of
  - → Xinhua — part of
  - → Zeng Yi — prc media mouthpiece
  - → Xue Lan — state-media mouthpiece
- Sources:
  - Chinese Propaganda Outlets Jump Into Crusade Against Data Centers (Washington Free Beacon): https://freebeacon.com/china/chinese-propaganda-outlets-jump-into-crusade-against-data-centers-as-beijing-races-to-achieve-ai-supremacy/

#### CGTN (China Global Television Network — PRC state broadcaster)
- Id: cgtn — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=cgtn — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-cgtn
- Summary: PRC's state broadcaster and direct counterpart to Russia's RT.
- Detail: An October 2025 CGTN video blames "energy-hungry data centers that have sprung up due to AI investments" for a "major spike in energy prices" on "the West Coast, Mid-Atlantic, and New England." CGTN has repeatedly featured Zeng Yi on AI governance across 2024-25, and in February 2025 aired Xue Lan arguing US chip restrictions are "counterproductive."
- Connections:
  - ← China State Media — part of
  - → Tricontinental — content amplification
- Sources:
  - CGTN video on US data centers and energy prices (CGTN): https://youtu.be/wysLxM1n0Ew
  - DeepSeek shows how innovation can outpace raw computing power, says expert (CGTN): https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-02-20/DeepSeek-shows-how-innovation-can-outpace-raw-computing-power-1B8MMzRcMc8/p.html
  - AI expert Zeng Yi tackles Western-centric AI governance concerns (CGTN High-Talk): https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-05-13/AI-expert-Zeng-Yi-tackles-Western-centric-AI-governance-concerns-1DljnNL4Qy4/p.html

#### China Daily (CCP's flagship English-language newspaper)
- Id: china-daily — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=china-daily — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-china-daily
- Summary: The Chinese Communist Party's flagship English-language newspaper.
- Detail: A March 2026 China Daily piece, headlined "AI boom sends electricity bills in US skyrocketing," argues data center power demand is "a new source of economic strain" for American consumers. Zeng Yi authored a 2022 op-ed in China Daily titled "China responsible on AI ethical governance," echoing Xi Jinping's "community with a shared future for mankind" slogan.
- Connections:
  - ← China State Media — part of
  - → Tricontinental — content amplification
- Sources:
  - AI boom sends electricity bills in US skyrocketing (China Daily): https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202603/12/WS69b1f569a310d6866eb3d4f5.html
  - China responsible on AI ethical governance (Zeng Yi op-ed) (China Daily): https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202211/23/WS637d5175a31049175432b4d6.html

#### Global Times (CCP tabloid subsidiary)
- Id: global-times — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=global-times — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-global-times
- Summary: Global Times is China Daily's tabloid subsidiary, more confrontational in tone.
- Detail: In April 2026 Global Times claimed US AI data centers face a "difficult birth" because of America's "unilateralist policies" and electrical-equipment dependence on China. The same outlet celebrated, on April 26, a "week of breakthroughs" in Chinese large language models. Global Times has published Zeng Yi on AI risk and governance at least four times since 2023.
- Connections:
  - ← China State Media — part of
  - → CodePink — content amplification
  - → Tricontinental — content amplification
- Sources:
  - Who is to blame for the repeated "difficult birth" of US AI data centers? (Global Times): https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202604/1358155.shtml
  - A week of breakthroughs highlights China's tech advances, self-reliance (Global Times): https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202604/1359843.shtml

#### Xinhua (PRC state news agency)
- Id: xinhua — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=xinhua — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-xinhua
- Summary: The official state press agency of the People's Republic of China.
- Detail: In August 2023, Xinhua amplified a CodePink and ANSWER Coalition letter defending the Singham network by name three days after the New York Times exposed it — an example of Chinese state media using a US nonprofit to push CCP talking points.
- Connections:
  - ← China State Media — part of
  - → CodePink — content amplification
- Sources:
  - U.S. peace groups urge to reject "new McCarthyism" (Xinhua): https://english.news.cn/20230808/65cfb41170724dd3a74f636c2d58e848/c.html

#### Zeng Yi (Founding dean, Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance)
- Id: zeng-yi — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=zeng-yi — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-zeng-yi
- Summary: PRC-aligned AI governance figure and veteran state-media voice — one of two Chinese government affiliates on the April 29, 2026 Sanders panel.
- Detail: On November 23, 2022, Zeng authored a bylined op-ed in China Daily titled "China responsible on AI ethical governance," calling on the world to build "a community with a shared future for mankind powered by AI" — a direct reference to Xi Jinping's signature foreign-policy slogan. On May 13, 2025, CGTN aired a long-form High-Talk episode framed around "growing concern that the current global AI governance framework is shaped by Western perspectives." Less than a year later he sat on Sen. Sanders' US Capitol panel.
- Connections:
  - ← China State Media — prc media mouthpiece
  - → US Capitol Existential Risk Event — output
- Sources:
  - China responsible on AI ethical governance (China Daily): https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202211/23/WS637d5175a31049175432b4d6.html
  - AI expert Zeng Yi tackles Western-centric AI governance concerns (CGTN High-Talk): https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-05-13/AI-expert-Zeng-Yi-tackles-Western-centric-AI-governance-concerns-1DljnNL4Qy4/p.html
  - UN adopts China-proposed AI resolution, expert calls it key global attempt (CGTN): https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-07-07/UN-adopts-China-proposed-AI-resolution-on-closing-AI-gap-1v2HGrOpiZW/p.html

#### Xue Lan (State Council Counsellor, PRC — chair of national AI governance committee)
- Id: xue-lan — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=xue-lan — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-xue-lan
- Summary: Active Counsellor of the State Council of the People's Republic of China — the second PRC-affiliated panelist at the Sanders event.
- Detail: Xue chairs the Ministry of Science and Technology's New Generation AI Governance Expert Committee. On February 20, 2025, CGTN aired an interview titled "DeepSeek shows how innovation can outpace raw computing power, says expert," framing US chip restrictions as "counterproductive." Later, on a US Senate platform in April 2026, he called the US-China AI race "an inaccurate narrative" and arguing for "safe zones."
- Connections:
  - ← China State Media — state-media mouthpiece
  - → US Capitol Existential Risk Event — output
- Sources:
  - DeepSeek shows how innovation can outpace raw computing power, says expert (CGTN): https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-02-20/DeepSeek-shows-how-innovation-can-outpace-raw-computing-power-1B8MMzRcMc8/p.html
  - Bernie Sanders splits with Washington on AI arms race with China (Axios): https://www.axios.com/2026/04/30/bernie-sanders-ai-arms-race-china
  - China eyes global cooperation at AI summit in Paris: expert (Global Times): https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202502/1328117.shtml

### Vector II — The CCP-aligned Singham network

#### Neville Singham (Financier of a US 501(c)(3) ecosystem under congressional inquiry)
- Id: singham-network — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=singham-network — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-singham-network
- Summary: Shanghai-based US expatriate and former Huawei consultant — the central financier of a network of US 501(c)(3) nonprofits and media outlets, into which he channeled ~$278 million between 2017 and 2023.
- Detail: The New York Times traced this operation across four continents in 2023, calling it "a global web of Chinese propaganda" running through US-domiciled nonprofits that "operate in coordination," cross-posting articles and sharing staff and office space. Singham is a self-described socialist with documented Maoist sympathies; the People's Forum described him publicly in 2021 as "a Marxist comrade," and the Delhi Police chargesheet in the parallel NewsClick case (May 2024) charged "the Chinese government" with being the network's "ultimate paymaster." House Ways and Means has sent formal inquiries to People's Forum (Sep 2025), Tricontinental (Feb 2026), and BreakThrough News (April 2026), and called on the IRS to examine their tax-exempt status. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna predicted in September 2025 that the DOJ would charge Singham with a FARA violation; as of report publication, no charges have been filed.
- Connections:
  - ← CCP / China — house investigation into ccp ties
  - → CodePink — part of
  - → Peoples Dispatch — part of
  - → Tricontinental — part of
- Sources:
  - A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul (New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/world/europe/neville-roy-singham-china-propaganda.html
  - Chairmen Smith, Moolenaar Call on IRS to Examine CCP-Linked Organizations (House Ways and Means Committee): https://waysandmeans.house.gov/2026/04/08/chairmen-smith-moolenaar-call-on-irs-to-examine-ccp-linked-organizations-potentially-violating-their-tax-exempt-status-by-engaging-in-political-activity/
  - Red wealth, dark money: How an American tycoon deploys Mao's playbook against the West (Fox News Digital): https://www.foxnews.com/politics/red-wealth-dark-money-how-american-tycoon-deploys-maos-playbook-against-west
  - Chinese state was the "ultimate paymaster" of NewsClick, says Delhi Police chargesheet (The Hindu): https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/chinese-state-was-the-ultimate-paymaster-of-newsclick-says-delhi-police-chargesheet/article68133189.ece

#### CodePink (US anti-war 501(c)(3); ~25% of budget from Singham network)
- Id: codepink — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=codepink — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-codepink
- Summary: The Singham network's most public-facing US affiliate, running explicit anti-data-center and anti-Pentagon-AI campaigns.
- Detail: CodePink's January 27, 2026 article, "The War Intervention: AI, Data Centers, and the Environment," explicitly targeted US AI data centers, named Meta Hyperion in Louisiana and Meta Cheyenne in Wyoming, and framed the entire campaign as a fight against "the new Cold War on China." Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley has demanded a FARA-registration determination on CodePink and the People's Forum.
- Connections:
  - ← Neville Singham — part of
  - ← Xinhua — content amplification
  - ← Global Times — content amplification
  - → Signal Boosting Anti-AI / Data Center Messaging — signal boost
- Sources:
  - The War Intervention: AI, Data Centers, and the Environment (CodePink): https://codepink.substack.com/p/the-war-intervention-ai-data-centers
  - End McCarthyism 2.0 coalition letter (CodePink / ANSWER Coalition): https://www.codepink.org/mccarthyism20
  - Grassley letter on FARA — CodePink and the People's Forum (Senate Judiciary Committee): https://www.grassley.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/grassley_to_doj_fbi_-_code_pink_and_the_peoples_forum.pdf

#### Jodie Evans (Co-founder of CodePink; wife of Neville Singham)
- Id: jodie-evans — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=jodie-evans — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-jodie-evans
- Summary: Co-founder of CodePink and wife of Neville Singham — the personal bridge between Singham's wealth and CodePink's campaigns.
- Detail: The New York Times investigation documented that organizations in Singham's network have supplied roughly a quarter of CodePink's budget. The marriage is the structural link between the funding source and the most visible US-facing affiliate.
- Connections:
  - pinned to CodePink
- Sources:
  - A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul (New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/world/europe/neville-roy-singham-china-propaganda.html

#### Peoples Dispatch (Singham-network outlet)
- Id: peoples-dispatch — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=peoples-dispatch — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-peoples-dispatch
- Summary: A Singham-funded outlet that publishes coordinated content with sister entity Tricontinental.
- Detail: On March 27, 2026 — the same day Tricontinental published "Breaking the Stranglehold" — Peoples Dispatch published "Kill Chain: Silicon Valley, AI, and the war on Iran," attacking Anthropic's Claude and Palantir's Maven Smart System. Same-day publication across two sister outlets is the signature of a coordinated messaging operation.
- Connections:
  - ← Neville Singham — part of
  - → Signal Boosting Anti-AI / Data Center Messaging — signal boost
- Sources:
  - Kill Chain: Silicon Valley, AI, and the war on Iran (Peoples Dispatch): https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/03/27/kill-chain-silicon-valley-ai-and-the-war-on-iran/

#### Tricontinental (Institute for Social Research — analytical engine of the Singham network)
- Id: tricontinental — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=tricontinental — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-tricontinental
- Summary: The think tank at the analytical core of the Singham network. Under formal House Ways and Means inquiry as of February 2026.
- Detail: Tricontinental's anti-export-control archive spans nearly five years. November 2021: Dossier no. 46 framed US semiconductor controls as a tool to "delay or even block China's progress." April 2023: Newsletter 17 opened by quoting Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning verbatim. March 27, 2026: Breaking the Stranglehold pinpointed US "bans on AI chips" as the central instrument Washington was using to slow Chinese AI — the same position Xue Lan delivered on the Sanders panel.
- Connections:
  - ← Neville Singham — part of
  - ← Global Times — content amplification
  - → Signal Boosting Anti-AI / Data Center Messaging — signal boost
  - ← CGTN — content amplification
  - ← China Daily — content amplification
- Sources:
  - Dossier 46: Big Tech and the Current Challenges Facing the Class Struggle (Tricontinental): https://thetricontinental.org/dossier-46-big-tech/
  - Newsletter 17: You Are Reading This Thanks to Semiconductors (Tricontinental): https://thetricontinental.org/newsletterissue/semiconductor-chips/
  - Breaking the Stranglehold: How China Is Shattering US Technological Hegemony (Tricontinental): https://thetricontinental.org/asia/breaking-the-stranglehold-how-china-is-shattering-us-technological-hegemony/
  - House Ways and Means inquiry letter to Tricontinental (House Ways and Means Committee): https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2026/02/02.9.26-letter-to-tricontinental-1.pdf

#### Vijay Prashad (Executive Director, Tricontinental)
- Id: vijay-prashad — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=vijay-prashad — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-vijay-prashad
- Summary: The principal intellectual voice of Tricontinental — articulator of the anti-export-control thesis that Xue Lan later delivered to the Senate.
- Detail: Prashad runs Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, the analytical engine that has reinforced Beijing's official position on US export controls across multiple publications and many years.
- Connections:
  - pinned to Tricontinental
- Sources:
  - A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul (New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/world/europe/neville-roy-singham-china-propaganda.html

### Vector III — Foreign billionaire money

#### Foreign Billionaire Trail ($2B+ funneled through foreign-tied charitable vehicles)
- Id: foreign-billionaire — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=foreign-billionaire — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-foreign-billionaire
- Summary: Six foreign-tied charitable vehicles have funneled more than $2 billion into US-based advocacy groups — a significant portion now flowing into anti-data-center organizing.
- Detail: Per Americans for Public Trust (Oct 2025 + Feb 2026 reports) and Caitlin Sutherland's Feb 10, 2026 testimony to Ways and Means: foreign-billionaire vehicles finance climate-radicalism, anti-fossil-fuel litigation, and anti-corporate organizing — exactly the playbook now pointed at US AI data centers.
- Connections:
  - → Oak Foundation — part of
  - → Wyss Foundation — part of
- Sources:
  - Foreign Charities Funding Extreme Policies (Americans for Public Trust): https://americansforpublictrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/APT_Foreign-Charities-Funding-Extreme-Policies-Report-1.pdf
  - Over $2.65 Billion in Foreign Money Influencing U.S. Politics (Americans for Public Trust): https://americansforpublictrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Foreign-Funding-Cumulatve-Report.pdf
  - Sutherland testimony to House Ways and Means (House Ways and Means Committee): https://waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Caitlin-Sutherland-Testimony-2.10.26-Hearing.pdf

#### Oak Foundation (Founded 1983 by Alan Parker; Geneva-based; $750M+ to US groups 2014-2024)
- Id: oak-foundation — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=oak-foundation — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-oak-foundation
- Summary: Switzerland-based foundation founded by British billionaire Alan Parker — funds the downstream anti-AI campaign organizations.
- Detail: Per Sutherland's February 2026 testimony, Oak has given over $750 million in foreign money to over 150 US groups in the decade through 2024 alone. Oak funds Oil Change International, 350.org, New York Communities for Change, and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives — all signatories on the December 8, 2025 Food and Water Watch coalition letter demanding the moratorium. Oak's environmental program is directed by Kristian Parker — son of founder Alan Parker and a ClimateWorks board member. Capital Research Center documented that "Oak makes hefty grants to environmental groups like ClimateWorks, [Global] Environmental Institute, and the World Wide Fund for Nature in support of China's Belt and Road Initiative," justified as "greening" BRI.
- Connections:
  - ← CCP / China — oak funding for bri projects
  - ← Foreign Billionaire Trail — part of
  - → US Nonprofits — routed through us nonprofits
- Sources:
  - Sutherland testimony to House Ways and Means (House Ways and Means Committee): https://waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Caitlin-Sutherland-Testimony-2.10.26-Hearing.pdf
  - Millions of Dollars Couldn't Keep DFS Group Together (New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/12/business/millions-of-dollars-couldn-t-keep-dfs-group-together.html
  - InfluenceWatch profile: Alan M. Parker (InfluenceWatch): https://www.influencewatch.org/person/alan-m-parker/
  - Oak Foundation Chose Silk Road over New World (Capital Research Center): https://capitalresearch.org/article/oak-foundation-choose-silk-road-over-new-world/
  - ClimateWorks board listing (archive) (ClimateWorks Foundation): https://www.archives.greenairnews.com/www.climateworks.org/about-us/board/index.html
  - Decarbonizing the Belt and Road (ClimateWorks) (ClimateWorks Foundation): https://www.archives.greenairnews.com/www.climateworks.org/report/decarbonizing-the-belt-and-road/index.html

#### Wyss Foundation (Hansjörg Wyss 501(c)(3) charitable vehicle)
- Id: wyss-foundation — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=wyss-foundation — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-wyss-foundation
- Summary: Wyss's 501(c)(3) foundation, paired with the Berger Action Fund (501(c)(4)) — together ~$700M routed into US politics.
- Detail: Hansjörg Wyss — the Swiss billionaire behind the foundation, who has said he "never felt the need to become an American" — routes money through the Wyss Foundation (501(c)(3)) and the Berger Action Fund (501(c)(4)), because federal law bars foreign nationals from giving directly to US candidates. His single largest beneficiary is the Sixteen Thirty Fund (~$278M from Wyss alone), at the center of the Arabella Advisors dark-money network. The Wyss Foundation's own published 2024 grants list shows a $1,255,000 grant to Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund — the 501(c)(3) arm of Americans for Financial Reform, a signatory on the December 8, 2025 Food and Water Watch coalition letter demanding a national moratorium on new US data centers.
- Connections:
  - ← Foreign Billionaire Trail — part of
  - → US Nonprofits — routed through
- Sources:
  - Wyss Foundation 2024 grants list (Wyss Foundation): https://www.wyssfoundation.org/grants
  - Billionaire Hansjörg Wyss at center of GOP's foreign influence "loophole" fight (Washington Examiner): https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/investigations/3265218/billionaire-hansjorg-wyss-gop-foreign-influence-loophole-fight/
  - Group steers Swiss billionaire's money to liberal causes (Associated Press / The Hill): https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-politics/group-steers-swiss-billionaires-money-to-liberal-causes/
  - Sutherland testimony to House Ways and Means (House Ways and Means Committee): https://waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Caitlin-Sutherland-Testimony-2.10.26-Hearing.pdf

### US nonprofit conduits

#### Sixteen Thirty Fund (501(c)(4) at the center of the Arabella Advisors network)
- Id: sixteen-thirty-fund — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=sixteen-thirty-fund — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-sixteen-thirty-fund
- Summary: Wyss's single largest beneficiary — ~$278M from Wyss alone. Now under House Oversight investigation for a secret paid-influencer program.
- Detail: The House Oversight Committee is investigating the Sixteen Thirty Fund for running a paid-influencer program ("Chorus") that was reportedly designed to evade campaign-finance disclosure laws.
- Connections:
  - ← US Nonprofits — part of
- Sources:
  - House Oversight inquiry to Sixteen Thirty Fund re: Chorus program (House Oversight Committee): https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Chorus-inquiry-to-1630_11.18.2025-3.pdf

#### New Venture Fund (Arabella-managed 501(c)(3); fiscal sponsor of grassroots campaigns)
- Id: new-venture-fund — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=new-venture-fund — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-new-venture-fund
- Summary: Receives both Wyss money and foreign-charity money. Hosts the Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund — the operational layer that funds the state and local anti-data-center groups.
- Detail: Sutherland's testimony documents the funding chain: foreign-billionaire money flows in, the New Venture Fund's fiscally sponsored projects deploy operationally. The intellectual layer is domestic while the deployment layer touches the foreign money.
- Connections:
  - ← US Nonprofits — part of
- Sources:
  - Sutherland testimony to House Ways and Means (House Ways and Means Committee): https://waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Caitlin-Sutherland-Testimony-2.10.26-Hearing.pdf

#### Oil Change International (Anti-fossil-fuel advocacy; Oak Foundation grantee)
- Id: oil-change — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=oil-change — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-oil-change
- Summary: Oak Foundation grantee and signatory on the December 8, 2025 Food and Water Watch coalition letter demanding the national moratorium.
- Detail: One of four Oak-funded US groups that signed the moratorium letter.
- Connections:
  - ← US Nonprofits — part of
  - → Food & Water Watch Coalition Letter — signed
- Sources:
  - Foreign Funding of US Anti–Data Center Activism (American Energy Institute): https://americanenergyinstitute.com/docs/aei_data-center_report_v2.pdf

#### Greenpeace (Wyss-funded environmental org; coalition letter signatory)
- Id: greenpeace — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=greenpeace — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-greenpeace
- Summary: Wyss-funded environmental advocacy org. Signed the December 8, 2025 coalition letter demanding the national moratorium.
- Detail: One of the 230+ signatories on the Food & Water Watch coalition letter.
- Connections:
  - ← US Nonprofits — part of
  - → Food & Water Watch Coalition Letter — signed
- Sources:
  - Foreign Funding of US Anti–Data Center Activism (American Energy Institute): https://americanenergyinstitute.com/docs/aei_data-center_report_v2.pdf

#### Americans for Financial Reform (Wyss-funded 501(c)(3) / (c)(4); coalition letter signatory)
- Id: afr — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=afr — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-afr
- Summary: Received a $1.255M grant from the Wyss Foundation in 2024 — then signed the moratorium coalition letter in December 2025.
- Detail: The cleanest single chain in the public record runs from Wyss almost directly into the legislation now pending before Congress. AFR Education Fund (the 501(c)(3) arm) is the named grantee on the Wyss Foundation's published 2024 grants list.
- Connections:
  - ← US Nonprofits — part of
  - → Food & Water Watch Coalition Letter — signed
- Sources:
  - Wyss Foundation 2024 grants list (Wyss Foundation): https://www.wyssfoundation.org/grants
  - Foreign Funding of US Anti–Data Center Activism (American Energy Institute): https://americanenergyinstitute.com/docs/aei_data-center_report_v2.pdf

#### US Nonprofits (Five foreign-funded 501(c)(3)/(c)(4) groups that route the money onward)
- Id: us-nonprofits — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=us-nonprofits — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-us-nonprofits
- Summary: The cluster of US nonprofits through which Oak and Wyss money is routed into anti–data-center organizing. Three of them — Oil Change, Greenpeace, and Americans for Financial Reform — signed the Food & Water Watch moratorium letter.
- Detail: Per Caitlin Sutherland's February 2026 testimony to House Ways and Means, foreign-tied foundations route money through US-domiciled nonprofits that then deploy it operationally. Oak Foundation funds Oil Change International, Greenpeace, and Americans for Financial Reform; the Wyss vehicles fund the Sixteen Thirty Fund (~$278M), the New Venture Fund, AFR ($1.255M in 2024), and Greenpeace. The intellectual layer is domestic while the deployment layer touches the foreign money.
- Connections:
  - ← Oak Foundation — routed through us nonprofits
  - ← Wyss Foundation — routed through
  - → Oil Change International — part of
  - → Greenpeace — part of
  - → Americans for Financial Reform — part of
  - → Sixteen Thirty Fund — part of
  - → New Venture Fund — part of
  - → Signal Boosting Anti-AI / Data Center Messaging — signal boost
- Sources:
  - Sutherland testimony to House Ways and Means (House Ways and Means Committee): https://waysandmeans.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Caitlin-Sutherland-Testimony-2.10.26-Hearing.pdf
  - Foreign Funding of US Anti–Data Center Activism (American Energy Institute): https://americanenergyinstitute.com/docs/aei_data-center_report_v2.pdf

### Signal boost — anti-AI / data-center messaging

#### Signal Boosting Anti-AI / Data Center Messaging (Where the three vectors converge before producing concrete outcomes)
- Id: signal-boost — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=signal-boost — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-signal-boost
- Summary: The convergence point. All three vectors of foreign influence feed into a single, coordinated messaging stream targeting US AI infrastructure.
- Detail: Content amplification across state media, Singham-network outlets, and US-nonprofit advocacy organizations — pushed simultaneously into mass-audience contexts. The convergence on a single policy outcome (moratorium on US AI data centers) is what makes the operation legible from primary sources.
- Connections:
  - ← CodePink — signal boost
  - ← Tricontinental — signal boost
  - ← Peoples Dispatch — signal boost
  - ← US Nonprofits — signal boost
  - → State & Local Moratoriums — output
  - → Food & Water Watch Coalition Letter — output

### Outputs — moratoriums, the Capitol event, S. 4214

#### State & Local Moratoriums (54+ enacted; 12 more states considering statewide bans)
- Id: local-moratoriums — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=local-moratoriums — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-local-moratoriums
- Summary: At least 54 local data-center moratoriums already enacted across US towns and counties. 12 more states currently considering statewide moratorium bills.
- Detail: Maine came closest to a full statewide moratorium — the legislature passed an 18-month freeze on facilities over 20 MW before Governor Janet Mills vetoed it on April 24, 2026, and the legislature failed to override the veto on April 29, 2026. In Virginia, public support for new data center construction has cratered from 69% in 2023 to 35% in an April 2026 Washington Post poll.
- Connections:
  - ← Signal Boosting Anti-AI / Data Center Messaging — output
- Sources:
  - Data Center Moratorium Bills Are Spreading in 2026 (Good Jobs First): https://goodjobsfirst.org/data-center-moratorium-bills-are-spreading-in-2026/
  - Governor Mills Announces Decision on LD 307 (Office of Governor Janet T. Mills): https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/news/governor-mills-announces-decision-ld-307-2026-04-24
  - Despite initial support, Legislature fails to override Mills' veto of landmark data center ban (Maine Morning Star): https://mainemorningstar.com/2026/04/29/despite-initial-support-legislature-fails-to-override-mills-veto-of-landmark-data-center-ban/
  - Poll finds Virginia voters have turned against data centers (Washington Post): https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/04/15/data-centers-poll-virginia/

#### Food & Water Watch Coalition Letter (Dec 8, 2025 — 230+ signatories demanding national moratorium)
- Id: fww-letter — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=fww-letter — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-fww-letter
- Summary: On December 8, 2025, 230+ organizations signed a coalition letter demanding a national moratorium on new US AI data centers.
- Detail: The letter's substantive demands track closely with Section 3 of the Sanders-Ocasio-Cortez AI Data Center Moratorium Act (S. 4214). The bill was introduced 107 days after the coalition letter. Several signatories are themselves grantees of the foreign-billionaire infrastructure documented in the report.
- Connections:
  - ← Signal Boosting Anti-AI / Data Center Messaging — output
  - → S. 4214 — AI Data Center Moratorium Act — output
  - ← Oil Change International — signed
  - ← Americans for Financial Reform — signed
  - ← Greenpeace — signed
- Sources:
  - National Data Center Moratorium coalition letter (full text) (Food & Water Watch et al.): https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/National-Data-Center-Moratorium.pdf

#### US Capitol Existential Risk Event (April 29, 2026 — hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders)
- Id: capitol-event — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=capitol-event — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-capitol-event
- Summary: On April 29, 2026, Sen. Bernie Sanders convened a 75-minute panel in the US Capitol on "the existential threat of AI." Two of the four panelists were Chinese government affiliates.
- Detail: Zeng Yi (Dean of the Beijing Institute of AI Safety and Governance) and Xue Lan (active Counsellor of the State Council of the PRC) were invited onto a US Senate platform to advise the United States on slowing its own AI buildout. From the US Senate platform, Xue called the US-China AI race "an inaccurate narrative" and argued for "safe zones" of cooperation on AI safety.
- Connections:
  - ← S. 4214 — AI Data Center Moratorium Act — output
  - ← Xue Lan — output
  - ← Zeng Yi — output
- Sources:
  - Bernie Sanders splits with Washington on AI arms race with China (Axios): https://www.axios.com/2026/04/30/bernie-sanders-ai-arms-race-china

#### S. 4214 — AI Data Center Moratorium Act (Sanders–Ocasio-Cortez | Introduced Mar 25, 2026 — 107 days after the coalition letter)
- Id: s4214 — interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part1?node=s4214 — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#node-s4214
- Summary: The legislative endpoint of the campaign — a federal moratorium on new US AI data centers, introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
- Detail: The bill's Section 3 substantive demands track closely with the December 8, 2025 Food & Water Watch coalition letter. The 107-day gap distinguishes coordinated advocacy infrastructure from spontaneous grassroots opposition. Criticism has been bipartisan: Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) called the bill "idiocy"; Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) labeled it "China First."
- Connections:
  - ← Food & Water Watch Coalition Letter — output
  - → US Capitol Existential Risk Event — output
- Sources:
  - AI Data Center Moratorium Act — full bill text (S. 4214) (Office of Sen. Bernie Sanders): https://www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/AI-Data-Center-Moratorium.-FINAL-Text.pdf
  - Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez Announce AI Data Center Moratorium Act (Office of Sen. Bernie Sanders): https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-ocasio-cortez-announce-ai-data-center-moratorium-act/
  - Warner calls AI data center moratorium championed by AOC "idiocy" (Axios): https://www.axios.com/2026/03/25/warner-ai-data-center-moratorium-aoc-idiocy
  - Fetterman rips AI data center moratorium pushed by Sanders, AOC as "China First" (Fox News): https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fetterman-slams-ai-data-center-moratorium-proposal-china-first

## Part II — PSL data-center campaigns (21 campaigns, 14 states)

Interactive US map of 21 Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) campaigns across 14 states that delayed, scaled back, or blocked roughly $23.6 billion in proposed AI data-center investment: 10 local moratoria, 1 permanent ban, and 4 rejected or scrapped projects, from Part II of the Bitcoin Policy Institute report.

### Charlotte, NC — Successful
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#charlotte-nc — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-charlotte-nc
- Project: Two East Charlotte data centers (American Tower Corp.)
- Outcome: 150-day moratorium (City Council 11–0, Jun 8 2026)
- Coalition: With neighborhood residents and allied community groups
- Reported by: Carolina Public Press, Jun 2026
- Summary: PSL Charlotte ran a door-knocking campaign and petition against two planned data centers in a residential East Charlotte neighborhood, led a ~50-person demonstration, and packed the June 8 hearing where the City Council voted 11–0 for a 150-day moratorium. The chapter is now pressing for a permanent ban.
- Quote: “It really was the people that put enough pressure to bring forward the vote to consider a data center moratorium in the first place.” — Dana Alhasan, PSL Charlotte
- Sources:
  - Data center moratorium fever for NC local governments (Carolina Public Press, Jun 11, 2026): https://carolinapublicpress.org/75853/data-centers-moratorium-fever-for-nc-local-governments/
  - Charlotte City Council approves 150-day moratorium on new data centers (WBTV, Jun 9, 2026): https://www.wbtv.com/2026/06/09/charlotte-city-council-approves-150-day-moratorium-new-data-centers/

### Prince George's County, MD — Successful
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#prince-george-s-county-md — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-prince-george-s-county-md
- Project: Brightseat Tech Park (~$5B, Lerner Enterprises) at former Landover Mall
- Outcome: County paused data-center permitting after PSL mobilization and has since enacted a two-year moratorium.
- Reported value: ~$5 billion (Brightseat Tech Park, Lerner Enterprises) (counted in the ~$23.6B topline)
- Coalition: Led by the PSL's DC-area chapter
- Reported by: WAMU, Sep–Dec 2025
- Summary: The PSL's DC-area chapter coached residents to canvass against the Brightseat Tech Park. Its petition cleared 20,000 signatures and rallies drew hundreds. County Executive Aisha Braveboy ordered a pause on data-center permits and called a 2021 approval-streamlining law 'a huge mistake.' In July 2026, the County approved a two-year data center moratorium.
- Quote: “This socialist party is leading the fight against data centers in Prince George's County.” — WAMU (NPR) headline
- Sources:
  - This socialist party is leading the fight against data centers in Prince George’s County (WAMU, Dec 3, 2025): https://wamu.org/story/25/12/03/this-socialist-party-is-leading-the-fight-against-data-centers-in-prince-georges-county/
  - Lawmakers Pause Data Center Development in Maryland County in Wake of $5B Megaproject (Commercial Observer): https://commercialobserver.com/2025/09/data-center-pause-prince-george-maryland/
  - Prince George’s County moves to put data center development on pause (Maryland Matters, Sep 17, 2025): https://marylandmatters.org/2025/09/17/prince-georges-county-moves-to-put-data-center-development-on-pause/

### Tucson, AZ — Successful
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#tucson-az — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-tucson-az
- Project: Project Blue (~$3.6B, Amazon-linked campus)
- Outcome: City Council rejected annexation 7–0; Amazon withdrew; project rerouted
- Reported value: ~$3.6 billion (Project Blue, Amazon-linked) (counted in the ~$23.6B topline)
- Coalition: With the No Desert Data Center Coalition and Tucson DSA
- Reported by: CaloNews, Aug–Dec 2025
- Summary: PSL Tucson, with the No Desert Data Center Coalition and Tucson DSA, surfaced Project Blue and filled city halls. The City Council rejected annexation and rezoning 7–0 in August 2025 and Amazon withdrew that December; the project was delayed months and rerouted to unincorporated Pima County.
- Quote: “[The groups] quickly fill[ed] city halls with concerned residents.” — CaloNews
- Sources:
  - Residents cheer as Tucson rejects Amazon’s Project Blue (Data Center Dynamics): https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/residents-cheer-as-tucson-rejects-amazons-massive-project-blue-data-center-campus-in-arizona/
  - Amazon pulls out of embattled Project Blue (KOLD, Dec 2, 2025): https://www.kold.com/2025/12/02/county-city-leaders-amazon-pulls-out-embattled-project-blue/
  - A grassroots movement to stop data centers intensifies in Arizona (CaloNews): https://www.calonews.com/arizona/amid-proposals-and-deals-a-grassroots-movement-to-stop-data-centers-intensifies-in-arizona/article_c89b16b4-1b48-450b-936f-4704f32ce8e9.html

### Chandler, AZ — Successful
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#chandler-az — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-chandler-az
- Project: ~$2B AI data center rezoning
- Outcome: City Council rejected rezoning 7–0 (Dec 2025)
- Reported value: ~$2 billion (counted in the ~$23.6B topline)
- Coalition: PSL Phoenix and PSL Tucson
- Reported by: CaloNews / 12News, Dec 2025
- Summary: Once residents learned of a ~$2B AI data-center rezoning, PSL Phoenix and PSL Tucson turned people out to Chandler city hall. The council rejected the rezoning 7–0, a zoning defeat rather than a formal moratorium.
- Quote: “…instead of the corporations behind the data centers paying for the increased energy use, it is instead the day-to-day person who has to pay.” — Lexsiri Coronado, PSL Phoenix
- Sources:
  - Chandler City Council unanimously rejects proposed $2 billion AI data center (12News): https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/chandler-arizona-city-council-unanimously-rejects-proposed-2-billion-ai-data-center-but-questions-remain/75-ac766643-9879-4f7e-997e-a2a79132799a

### Franklin Township, IN — Successful
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#franklin-township-in — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-franklin-township-in
- Project: Google data-center rezoning (~$1B)
- Outcome: Google withdrew petition (Sep 22 2025)
- Reported value: $1 billion (Google) (counted in the ~$23.6B topline)
- Coalition: Local residents' group led; PSL amplified
- Reported by: PSL Indianapolis / BPI, Sep 2025
- Summary: The PSL's Indianapolis Liberation Center amplified the fight against a ~$1B Google rezoning; Google withdrew its petition minutes before a City-County Council vote at which 17 members had pledged to say no. A local residents' group led; PSL was a documented participant that touted the win.
- Quote: “Google withdrew its petition … minutes before an Indianapolis City-County Council vote at which at least 17 members had pledged to say no.” — BPI, Part II
- Sources:
  - Google withdraws Franklin Township rezoning proposal (Fox59): https://fox59.com/news/google-withdraws-franklin-township-rezoning-proposal-future-of-potential-data-center-uncertain/
  - Indianapolis council: Google data center vote withdrawal (WFYI): https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/indianapolis-council-google-data-center-vote-withdrawl

### Madison & Dane County, WI — Successful
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#madison-dane-county-wi — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-madison-dane-county-wi
- Project: Statewide data-center construction freeze push
- Outcome: Madison 1-year moratorium; Dane County 18-month moratorium (Jun 2026)
- Coalition: With 350 Wisconsin and 50501 Madison
- Reported by: Isthmus / WORT-FM / WKOW, Dec 2025–Jun 2026
- Summary: PSL Madison joined 350 Wisconsin and 50501 Madison to rally at the state Capitol (Dec 2, 2025) for a construction freeze; Isthmus, WORT-FM and WKOW named the chapter as a lead organizer. The Madison Common Council passed a one-year moratorium; Dane County followed with an 18-month moratorium.
- Quote: “Protesters marched through the state Capitol Thursday to oppose hyperscale AI data center development. Led by the Party for Socialism and Liberation, they're demanding a statewide moratorium – at least until state law can catch up.” — WORT-FM
- Sources:
  - Madison moves to enact one-year moratorium on data center construction (Isthmus): https://isthmus.com/news/news/madison-moves-to-enact-one-year-moratorium-on-data-center-construction/
  - Wisconsinites push back against data center expansion (WKOW): https://www.wkow.com/news/top-stories/wisconsinites-push-back-against-data-center-expansion/article_f2aae428-5a12-4526-a266-af5b59423eec.html
  - Protesters, state Democrats join data center day of action (WORT-FM): https://www.wortfm.org/protesters-state-democrats-join-data-center-day-of-action/

### DeForest, WI — Successful
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#deforest-wi — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-deforest-wi
- Project: QTS hyperscale campus (~$12B, Blackstone-backed, 1,600 acres)
- Outcome: Village declared project 'not feasible' (Jan 27 2026); QTS withdrew
- Reported value: $12 billion (QTS / Blackstone) (counted in the ~$23.6B topline)
- Coalition: Alongside the grassroots 'No Data Center in DeForest' group
- Reported by: Wisconsin Watch / Daily Cardinal, Nov 2025–Jan 2026
- Summary: One of the PSL's biggest Midwest fights. PSL Madison backed DeForest residents against the $12B Blackstone-backed QTS campus; after months of opposition and a Wisconsin Watch investigation into the deal's NDAs, the village rejected the annexation and QTS withdrew its bid.
- Quote: “The response is honestly very inspiring.” — Fon Fleck, PSL Madison
- Sources:
  - DeForest announces it won’t move forward with controversial $12 billion data center (Wisconsin Watch, Jan 28, 2026): https://wisconsinwatch.org/2026/01/deforest-wisconsin-data-center-project-village-board-government/
  - DeForest residents organize to stop proposed data center (The Daily Cardinal, Jan 2026): https://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2026/01/deforest-residents-organize-to-stop-proposed-data-center-after-emails-go-public
  - DeForest data center petition hits snag (WORT-FM): https://www.wortfm.org/deforest-data-center-petition-hits-snag/

### Athens-Clarke County, GA — Successful
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#athens-clarke-county-ga — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-athens-clarke-county-ga
- Project: Reynolds Capital / Athena Studios conversion (~1.3M sq ft)
- Outcome: Temporary moratorium (Dec 2, 2025)
- Coalition: One of several community organizers
- Reported by: PSL Athens / BPI, Dec 2025
- Summary: PSL Athens was among the organizers against converting the Athena Studios lot into a ~1.3M sq ft data center beside a trailer-park community; a chapter member testified at the hearing and the county adopted a temporary moratorium. PSL is now demanding a permanent ban.
- Quote: “…ensure that no data centers are built in Athens at the cost of working-class communities!” — PSL Athens statement
- Sources:
  - Athens Mayor and Commission approves data center moratorium (The Red & Black): https://www.redandblack.com/athensnews/athens-mayor-and-commission-approves-data-center-moratorium-discusses-homewood-village-shopping-center-at-regular/article_5eed1cc2-fc7c-4a36-9da4-120981e5f44a.html

### DeKalb County, GA — Successful
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#dekalb-county-ga — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-dekalb-county-ga
- Project: Ellenwood data center (~2M sq ft)
- Outcome: Moratorium extended to June 2026
- Coalition: With Renew DeKalb
- Reported by: Capital B News, Nov 2025
- Summary: Capital B News reported that PSL and Renew DeKalb went door-to-door, hosted town halls, and mobilized residents against a ~2M sq ft Ellenwood project. The zoning vote was deferred and the county's data-center moratorium was extended to June 2026.
- Quote: “…once people understand the ramifications … it gives people a lot of fire.” — Ngaya Swai, PSL
- Sources:
  - Atlanta communities fight data centers (Capital B News): https://atlanta.capitalbnews.org/atlanta-communities-fight-data-centers/
  - DeKalb extends data center moratorium, defers regulations (WABE): https://www.wabe.org/dekalb-extends-data-center-moratorium-defers-regulations/

### Durham, NC — Successful
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#durham-nc — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-durham-nc
- Project: Data centers & crypto mining (multiple sites)
- Outcome: 60-day moratorium (unanimous, May 4 2026), extended ~10 months
- Coalition: 'Stop Data Centers and Crypto Mining in Durham' coalition
- Reported by: WRAL, May–Jun 2026
- Summary: PSL Triangle signed on to the 'Stop Data Centers and Crypto Mining in Durham' coalition, rallied outside City Hall, and the council voted unanimously for a 60-day moratorium, later extended by ~10 months into a roughly year-long ban.
- Quote: “Pack Durham City Hall.” — PSL Triangle
- Sources:
  - Durham City Council passes 60-day moratorium on data center development (WRAL, May 4, 2026): https://www.wral.com/news/local/durham-city-council-data-center-meeting-may-2026/
  - City of Durham Passes 60-Day Data Center Moratorium (INDY Week): https://indyweek.com/news/durham-passes-data-center-ban/

### Cumberland County & Fayetteville, NC — Successful
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#cumberland-county-fayetteville-nc — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-cumberland-county-fayetteville-nc
- Project: Proposed Fayetteville-area data center
- Outcome: Cumberland County 6-month moratorium (7–0); city 120-day pause
- Coalition: With Action NC, the Fayetteville NAACP and Fayetteville Freedom for All
- Reported by: Fayetteville Observer, Jun 2026
- Summary: PSL Fayetteville and Action NC ran a sustained campaign, rallying 60–70 protesters before the June 8 council meeting in the rain. The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners voted 7–0 for a six-month moratorium; the city opted for a 120-day pause while PSL keeps pushing for a full city moratorium.
- Quote: “We want a moratorium because it would allow us to have the necessary discussion and research that would help us understand the impact of data centers.” — Isaac Lapac, PSL
- Sources:
  - Cumberland County Enacts 6-Month Data Center Moratorium (CityView): https://www.cityviewnc.com/stories/cumberland-county-enacts-6-month-data-center-moratorium/
  - Fayetteville protesters wanted moratorium, but council OKs UDO hearing (Fayetteville Observer, Jun 10, 2026): https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/local/2026/06/10/fayetteville-nc-data-center-protesters-demand-moratorium-as-udo-hearing-set/90463770007/

### Denver, CO — Successful
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#denver-co — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-denver-co
- Project: CoreSite DE3 (~$250M, Stonepeak JV)
- Outcome: One-year moratorium (unanimous, May 18 2026)
- Reported value: >$250 million (CoreSite DE3, Stonepeak JV)
- Coalition: With the Globeville-Elyria-Swansea Coalition
- Reported by: PSL Denver / BPI, May 2026
- Summary: PSL Denver organized with the Globeville–Elyria–Swansea Coalition against CoreSite's DE3 project, publishing a viral video that called on residents to pack the City and Council Building on May 18, where 58 speakers offered public comment, with the majority voicing opposition to data centers.
- Quote: “After Denver passed a data center moratorium, PSL called on the city to enact a full data center ban.” — BPI, Part II
- Sources:
  - Denver data center moratorium passes (Denverite, May 18, 2026): https://denverite.com/2026/05/18/denver-data-center-moratorium-passes-ban/
  - Stonepeak and CoreSite form JV for Denver data center development (Data Center Dynamics): https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/stonepeak-and-coresite-form-jv-for-denver-data-center-development/

### Monterey Park, CA — Successful
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#monterey-park-ca — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-monterey-park-ca
- Project: 250,000 sq ft data center
- Outcome: Measure NDC permanent ban (~86% approval, Jun 2026)
- Coalition: No Data Centers SGV Coalition (one of six partners)
- Reported by: L.A. Public Press, Mar–Jun 2026
- Summary: The No Data Centers SGV Coalition (listing PSL Los Angeles among six partners) ran teach-ins, a ~4,500-signature petition and a ballot campaign. The developer withdrew in March 2026 and voters approved Measure NDC, a permanent data-center ban, with ~86% support, rippling into moratoria in neighboring cities.
- Quote: “…a permanent data center ban, with roughly 86% support.” — BPI, Part II
- Sources:
  - Monterey Park data center ban (LA Public Press, Jun 2026): https://lapublicpress.org/2026/06/monterey-park-data-center-ban-elections-2026/
  - Monterey Park voters approve Measure NDC (ABC7): https://abc7.com/post/monterey-park-voters-approve-measure-ndc-banning-power-hungry-data-centers-within-city-limits/19229466/

### Box Elder County, UT — Successful
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#box-elder-county-ut — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-box-elder-county-ut
- Project: Kevin O'Leary's 'Wonder Valley' campus (up to ~$100B, gas-powered)
- Outcome: Project footprint ~halved; county moratorium
- Reported value: Up to $100 billion proposed (“Wonder Valley”; scaled back, continuing — not counted in the $23.6B)
- Coalition: Part of a broad Utah coalition; Salt Lake PSL co-sponsored
- Reported by: PSL Salt Lake / BPI, May 2026
- Summary: Salt Lake PSL helped sponsor mass rallies on the Utah Capitol steps (May 23 2026) against Kevin O'Leary's 'Wonder Valley' campus, turning out hundreds and generating 3,000+ public comments. After the Senate president demanded a 75% size cut, O'Leary agreed to roughly halve it; the county passed a moratorium (which exempts the project).
- Quote: “…turning out hundreds, and helping generate more than 3,000 public comments.” — BPI, Part II
- Sources:
  - Kevin O’Leary agrees to cut Box Elder County data center project area in half (KSL): https://www.ksl.com/article/51506884/kevin-oleary-agrees-to-cut-box-elder-county-data-center-project-area-in-half
  - Box Elder County considers data-center moratorium (Salt Lake Tribune, Jun 10, 2026): https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/06/10/box-elder-county-consider/
  - New Box Elder data center protest slated for May 23 on State Capitol steps (Cache Valley Daily): https://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/new-box-elder-data-center-protest-slated-for-may-23-on-state-capitol-steps-in/article_efdf8088-cf9b-4dd3-bda2-f65145ac49b3.html

### New Orleans, LA — Active
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#new-orleans-la — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-new-orleans-la
- Project: MS Solar Grid Data (New Orleans East)
- Outcome: Project blocked; following a 1-year data center moratorium in New Orleans, PSL demanding permanent ban
- Coalition: With local New Orleans East residents
- Reported by: PSL / BPI, Jan–Mar 2026
- Summary: PSL opposed the MS Solar Grid Data project in New Orleans East, which the community blocked in January 2026; the council then passed a one-year moratorium. PSL is now campaigning for an outright permanent ban, giving public comment at Planning Commission hearings.
- Quote: “…industrial projects that drain and pollute resources while pushing the cost onto working-class communities.” — PSL
- Sources:
  - New Orleans City Council bans data center development for a year (WWNO, Jan 29, 2026): https://www.wwno.org/economy/2026-01-29/new-orleans-city-council-bans-data-center-development-for-a-year-heres-why

### Cleveland, OH — Active
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#cleveland-oh — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-cleveland-oh
- Project: $1.6B, 35-acre hyperscale center (Slavic Village)
- Outcome: Permit denied (May 14 2026); PSL seeking citywide ban
- Reported value: $1.6 billion (35-acre hyperscale, Slavic Village)
- Coalition: PSL Cleveland (local coverage did not credit a single group)
- Reported by: PSL Cleveland / BPI, May 2026
- Summary: PSL Cleveland moved within days of a $1.6B hyperscale proposal for Slavic Village with viral videos, a dedicated account, and canvassing. Before a planned townhall, Mayor Bibb's office denied the developer's permit, citing a failed zoning review. PSL claimed the win and now pushes for a citywide ban on hyperscale data centers. PSL stood up a dedicated 'No CLE Data Centers' account, canvassed Slavic Village, and posted a 'WE WON' graphic the day the permit was denied.
- Quote: “WE WON” — PSL Cleveland Instagram on the day the permit was denied
- Sources:
  - Cleveland rejects Slavic Village data center permit (Signal Cleveland, May 14, 2026): https://signalcleveland.org/cleveland-rejects-data-center-permit-for-slavic-village/
  - Cleveland’s Largest and Most Expensive Data Center May Rise Near Slavic Village (Cleveland Magazine, May 6, 2026): https://clevelandmagazine.com/articles/cleveland-s-largest-and-most-expensive-data-center-may-rise-near-slavic-village/

### Milwaukee, WI — Active
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#milwaukee-wi — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-milwaukee-wi
- Project: Midtown data center
- Outcome: Proposal pulled from Common Council agenda (May 2026); fight ongoing
- Coalition: One of two named activist groups
- Reported by: PSL Milwaukee / BPI, May–Jun 2026
- Summary: PSL Milwaukee was named as one of two groups calling for action against a Midtown data center, including a viral post with 10,000+ overnight views. The organizing pushed the proposal off the Common Council agenda, but the fight is still live and PSL seeks a citywide ban.
- Quote: “News of a proposed data center at the former Midtown Walmart site spread rapidly in early May, with organizations such as the Party for Socialist Liberation and the Sherman Park Community Association calling for community action.” — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Sources:
  - Milwaukee removes Midtown data center proposal from meeting agenda (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 14, 2026): https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/neighborhoods/2026/05/14/milwaukee-removes-midtown-data-center-proposal-from-meeting-agenda/90082119007/

### Wisconsin (statewide), WI — Active
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#wisconsin-statewide-wi — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-wisconsin-statewide-wi
- Project: Statewide anti-data-center campaign
- Outcome: Ongoing statewide organizing; Capitol day of action
- Coalition: Ran 'Data Center Playbook' teach-ins with the Sierra Club
- Reported by: Shepherd Express, 2025–26
- Summary: The PSL has acted as a deliberate statewide organizer across Wisconsin, coining 'America's Dairyland, not America's Data Land,' running 'Data Center Playbook' teach-ins with the Sierra Club, and holding a statewide day of action at the Capitol. Janesville was the first place PSL joined last summer.
- Quote: “America's Dairyland, not America's Data Land.” — PSL Wisconsin slogan
- Sources:
  - The Struggle Against Hyperscale Data Centers Across Wisconsin (Shepherd Express): https://shepherdexpress.com/news/features/the-struggle-against-hyperscale-data-centers-across-wisconsin/
  - Protesters, state Democrats join data center day of action (WORT-FM): https://www.wortfm.org/protesters-state-democrats-join-data-center-day-of-action/

### Prichard, AL — Active
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#prichard-al — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-prichard-al
- Project: Edged Energy networking/data center (~$93M)
- Outcome: Pending; standing-room-only townhall (Jun 11 2026)
- Reported value: ~$93 million (Edged Energy)
- Coalition: Alongside the lead groups MEJAC and the NAACP
- Reported by: PSL Mobile / BPI, Jun 2026
- Summary: PSL Mobile helped gather 3,000+ petition signatures and packed a June 11 townhall against a ~$93M Edged Energy project, alongside lead groups MEJAC and the NAACP. Edged calls it a networking facility but promises 'AI-ready' cooling, leaving the door open to future AI use. Outcome pending.
- Quote: “I wanted to make sure that … these jobs would be coming from Prichard.” — Michael Tobias, PSL
- Sources:
  - Prichard residents push back on proposed data center (WPMI / UTV44): https://utv44.com/news/local/the-community-has-spoken-prichard-residents-push-back-on-proposed-data-center
  - Data center project proposed in Prichard, estimated $93 million investment (Fox10, Apr 11, 2026): https://www.fox10tv.com/2026/04/11/data-center-project-proposed-prichard-estimated-93-million-investment/

### Sangamon County, IL — Failed
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#sangamon-county-il — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-sangamon-county-il
- Project: CyrusOne data center (~$500M)
- Outcome: County board approved project 17–10 (Apr 2026)
- Reported value: ~$500 million (CyrusOne) — approved 17–10
- Coalition: PSL Central Illinois
- Reported by: BPI, Apr 2026
- Summary: PSL Central Illinois rallied before the vote and protested outside the regional growth alliance, but the Sangamon County board approved the ~$500M CyrusOne project 17–10.
- Quote: “PSL Central Illinois rallied before the vote … but the county board approved [it] 17–10.” — BPI, Part II
- Sources:
  - Sangamon County Board approves a controversial data center project (NPR Illinois, Apr 7, 2026): https://www.nprillinois.org/sangamon-county/2026-04-07/sangamon-county-board-approves-a-controversial-data-center-project
  - Sangamon County approves data center (Illinois Times): https://www.illinoistimes.com/news/sangamon-county-approves-data-center/

### Louisville, KY — Failed
- Interactive: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/part2#louisville-ky — anchor: https://psyop-anatomy.onrender.com/findings/#campaign-louisville-ky
- Project: Proposed data center (planning commission)
- Outcome: Project approved (Mar 2026)
- Coalition: Local PSL chapter
- Reported by: BPI, Mar 2026
- Summary: The Louisville chapter delivered public comment and called supporters to pack the planning commission, but the project was approved in March 2026, one of two documented campaigns where the PSL's effort fell short. The chapter delivered public comment and rallied supporters to pack the planning commission before the approval.
- Quote: “The party shows up and loses sometimes, but its record shows it wins far more often than not.” — BPI, Part II
- Sources:
  - West Louisville data center approved despite opposition (Louisville Public Media, Mar 5, 2026): https://www.lpm.org/news/2026-03-05/west-louisville-data-center-approved-despite-opposition
  - West Louisville data center approved despite heated community opposition (LEO Weekly): https://www.leoweekly.com/news/west-louisville-data-center-approved-despite-heated-community-opposition/