- Foreign adversaries are actively fueling anti-AI sentiment in the US to prevent domestic data center growth.
- Local officials should leverage data center projects to secure infrastructure perks and benefits for their communities.
- Rejecting forward-looking investments hurts Indiana’s economy and Hoosiers, while global competitors accelerate.
‘Mob Mentality’ Stalling Indiana Data Centers
The growing political hysteria stalling artificial intelligence data centers across Indiana is “madness” and a direct threat to American national security, Tony Katz warned, torching anti-growth pushback that risks handing global tech dominance straight to Beijing.
While local opposition and county-level moratoriums crop up across the state, Katz pointed to reports revealing that foreign adversaries are actively fueling anti-AI sentiment in the United States to choke off domestic infrastructure.
“China is working overtime to push anti-AI data center sentiment so they won’t be built here, so they can be built in China,” Katz said. “This is a national security issue. The mob mentality isn’t helping us. It’s destructive.”…