Washington, D.C. — Power The Future is calling on Congress to launch a formal investigation into the findings of its new report, "Manufactured Outrage: How National Environmental Activists Are Spending Millions to Elect Democrats, Block Data Centers, and Undermine President Trump's Pro-Growth Agenda." PTF's report exposes a coordinated, billionaire-funded and potentially foreign-backed campaign to obstruct data center and Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure development across the United States. The report details how dark-money networks, national activist groups, and partisan political organizations are working in lockstep to halt tens of billions of dollars in investment tied directly to America's economic growth and national security.

"Imagine if foreign powers were funding anti-rocket technology activists during the race to the moon in the 1960s, because that is what we are witnessing today," said Daniel Turner, Founder and Executive Director of Power The Future. "This is not about protecting rural America or local communities, it is a coordinated, partisan effort designed to stop President Trump's agenda and hand an advantage to China. The same groups that spent hundreds of millions electing Democrats are now trying to block the infrastructure needed for America to lead in AI. Congress must investigate who is funding this operation and whether foreign adversaries are exploiting it to weaken the United States from within."

The report finds the anti-data-center movement is not grassroots, but a coordinated national campaign fueled by massive political spending and activist organizations aligned with partisan goals. Among the findings:

  • $98 billion in data center investment was disrupted in a single quarter (Q2 2025), more than the total disruptions of the previous two years combined. 

  • The report exposes a coordinated campaign led by national eco-left groups such as the Sierra Club, Food & Water Watch, Earthjustice, and the Southern Environmental Law Center, backed by dark money networks to stop data center projects across the country.

  • More than $150 million was spent by these same environmental groups to elect Democrats in 2024, before pivoting to target data center development nationwide. 

  • The Arabella/Sunflower network disbursed approximately $1 billion in grants in 2023, funding advocacy campaigns while shielding donor identities. 

  • The $24.7 billion Prince William Digital Gateway project was halted after coordinated legal and activist pressure, one of the largest infrastructure losses cited in the report. 

  • Virginia alone has seen $45.8 billion in data center projects disrupted, underscoring the scale of the campaign at the state level. 

  • More than 300 anti-data-center bills were filed across 30+ states in just six weeks, demonstrating a level of coordination far beyond local opposition. 

Power The Future's letter to congressional leaders calls for an investigation into whether foreign nationals or governments have funded organizations working to obstruct American infrastructure, and whether dark-money networks are being used to conceal the true source of funds influencing federal and state policy.

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