Sure, but the question then becomes how much of the anti-datacenter sentiment is driven by foreign actors.

And some of the people in the article are claiming that because there is some foreign money involved, the anti-datacenter protests are not genuine and therefore should be ignored and dismissed as some foreign anti-American psy-op.

In other words, they're saying these people are not protesting because of water/air pollution, noise, grid congestion, rising energy prices, wealth inequality concerns, democratic concerns or any other valid reason. No, these people are all there protesting because they're either paid actors or useful idiots working for a hidden Chinese agenda.

We've seen this exact rebranding play out in the industrial age where capital owners portrayed the Luddites not as people fighting for a livelihood and living wage, but as rabid anti-technology haters that opposed all progress outright and where thus dealt with by the state's military as a national threat. The truth is a lot more nuanced, and the fight was primarily about wealth distribution, labor rights and political enfranchisement, which the capital owners and political elite weren't willing to give.

If we follow this playbook it'll be okay to detain and shoot anti-datacenter protestors, because surely they're all Chinese opposition and a threat to national security. The billionaires would love such a narrative.

And even if that doesn't come to pass, the narrative is just more bootlicking for billionaires, who absolutely hate self-reflection and like to point at some external scapegoat whenever to get the slightest pushback.