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Data centers are popping up all over the country, thousands of them.
Utah could soon be home to one of the nation's most advanced data centers. Developers of a data center that broke ground today say that it will be the largest infrastructure deployment in the United States. We've seen data center proposals and projects pop up all around the metro and today officials broke ground on one of them, a data center in Independence. The Nebius AI data center will become a reality thanks to 150 billion dollars in bonds.
They're telling us all of this is necessary because we are in an existential arms race against China. We are leading China by a lot in the AI race and whoever wins the AI race and we're going to win it.
When President Trump took office, he gave us all a monumental task. He said we have to make America the world leader in artificial intelligence. President wants us to be pro- innovation. He wants us to win the AI race against all other countries in the world. He recognizes that AI is going to be an important tool not just for our economy but for our military. And so he wants to ensure that we are winning that particular race.
They also tell us that in order to win this race, we must build more data centers, trillions of dollars worth more. We have a race to be the AI capital of the world and we have to win it. We have all sorts of different investment coming in. It's amounting into the trillions where ground is already being broken for data centers across the country. I'm here in Mansfield, Georgia, driving by Meta's new 2 million square ft data center facility. Facilities like this are being used to power things like chat GBT and other AI tools that are becoming integrated into our daily life. So that's what they're telling us.
We need trillions of dollars worth of data centers to power chat GPT. But is that actually true? Because as it stands, the US already has 5,000 data centers in operation, 10 times more than the next country, Germany, which is just over 500. Big bad China is at number four with 449 data centers. In fact, we have more data centers than the next nine countries combined. And this next part is what truly does not make any sense. Based on the latest estimate, in addition to the 5,000 data centers that we already have, nearly 3,000 new data centers are under construction or planned across the United States. The math just ain't math. And believe me, I am not the only one noticing.
Could all of this just be a cover story? What if the AA arms race isn't with a foreign adversary at all? What if it's actually preparing for something else? Something much closer to home. During the Vietnam War, the NSA ran a secret domestic espionage program called Project Minouret, whereby the agency intercepted thousands of communications, specifically targeting American anti-war activists, civil rights leaders, and political journalists. Decades later, as the US was engaged in the Iraq war, AT&T collaborated with the NSA to install fiber optic splitters at its facility in room 641A at 611 Folsam Street in San Francisco, allowing the agency to mirror and analyze all internet traffic passing through the building, capturing both domestic and foreign communications without a warrant.
Now, fast forward to today. The Anti-Defamation League with massive federal backing is actively tracking thousands of what they deem to be quote unquote anti-semitic incidents across the country which includes anti-war protests and pro Palestine rallies calling these incidents a threat to national security.
Number one, we need NYPD back on this campus or bring in the National Guard. The difference between then and now though is that targeted wiretaps and communication intercepts were more than sufficient because descent was highly centralized. Today that is not so easy. Anyone with a smartphone is now potentially a vector to instantly spread ideas that the government or other powerful lobbying groups could deem a threat to national stability. I think you know where I'm going with this. They're not building AI data centers. They're building AI surveillance centers allegedly.
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I want to show you something real quick. The implied return on hyperscaler AI investment 2025 to 2030. What do you see that's wrong with this picture? There's no money to be made. According to the Financial Times, who are using what they call quote the most generous assumptions, the biggest tech companies invested in AI are not projected to make any money. Microsoft AI ROI at 9%, Google is at -15%, Meta at -28%, Oracle at -35%. Only Amazon barely comes out positive. And even they have major reservations about AI from a commercial perspective.
I was in a group uh a leadership um group and people were telling me they're like, "We think that with AI we can replace all of our junior people in our company." I was like, that's the like one the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
And yet they want to build 3,000 more data centers. That doesn't make any sense unless what they're using them for is not in a commercial context, if you know what I mean. Larry Ellison, second richest person on earth who's gobbling up a lot of the media in this country, who is a major investor in AI, predicts an AI powered surveillance state is coming. Where, this is Larry Ellison, major investor, this is what he says, where citizens will be on their best behavior because we're constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on. End quote. Citizens will be on their best behavior because we're constantly recording and reporting everything that's going on.
On July 13th, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order accelerating federal permitting of data center infrastructure where he declared, quote, "We will pursue bold large-scale industrial plans to vault the United States further into the lead on critical manufacturing processes and technologies that are essential to national security, economic prosperity, and scientific leadership." You hear that? Essential to national security. On March 20th of 2026, President Trump issues another press release unveiling his national AI legislative framework, again where he reiterated his administration's commitment to winning the AI race to usher in a new era of human flourishing, economic competitiveness, and national security for the American people. There it is again, national security.
President wants us to be pro- innovation. He wants us to win the AI race against all other countries in the world. He recognizes that AI is going to be an important tool not just for our economy but for our military. And so he wants to ensure that we are winning that particular race. Doesn't sound like the AI race is at all about powering chat bots or other commercial enterprise use cases at all. Seems like it's about national security. The question is for which nation?
Congress is about to merge the US military with Israel permanently and they hid it inside of a 3000page bill. The pro-Israel forces in Congress are trying to merge the US and Israeli militaries. I'm not kidding.
If you actually look in to section 224, you'll find it listed among the top priorities of the US Congress. It's not just merging American troops and American military hardware with Israel. It's merging America's AI infrastructure and autonomous weapons systems with Israel as well. They keep telling us that all these data centers, thousands of them, they're vital to national security. Well, now under the 2027 NDAA, Israel will gain access to them, which has always been the plan. These data centers, they aren't about powering chat GPT on your smartphone. They aren't about keeping you safe. They're about powering a surveillance state that reports back to greater Israel.
Back in March of this year, a hack in the Department of Homeland Security shown a light on the AY's AI surveillance ambitions, exposing over 1,400 funded contracts worth a combined $845 million, showing that the federal government is heavily funding private sector companies to develop advanced mobile biometrics, automated CCTV tracking, and predictive policing systems. Now, publicly, we already know that the Pentagon has a $9 billion joint warfighting cloud capability contract with companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle. Recent reports indicate that the SQL dubbed JWCC Next will similarly be a multi-awward contract, but quote at a bigger scale than its predecessor. So, while you might see the logos of Amazon or Google or Microsoft on the sides of these massive AI data center facilities the size of New York City, and this is important because functionally these buildings actually belong to the military surveillance industrial complex and that is by design as this arrangement, this public private partnership allows them to spy on you 247 allegedly while laundering your Fourth Amendment protections through this private corporate shield because technically they don't belong to the US government or military, which oh by the way could be fusing with Israel.
But if you don't want them built, you're either a bot or a CCP spy. According to a new report from independent journalist Ken Clippenstein, a new congressional intelligence agency has just been created to track anti- AI data center protesters. Protesters, activists, local citizens using their constitutional rights to say, "Hey, whether it's a city council meeting, whe whether it's a planning board meeting, saying we don't want the these extractive technologies in our neighborhood, uh those organizations, those individuals, uh are now being thrown into a huge drag net under the category of anti-technology extremism." So whether that's people posting jokes online or on forums, you know, saying, "Man, I I hope this thing overheats and blows up so we don't have to stare at it every day and hear the hum, you know, pulsating through our bones." Or whether it's just, you know, mom and pop uh store owners, farmers, you name it, organizing to show up to their local town hall to say, you know, we don't want this in our community. Those people are being surveiled. Those people are being criminalized.
Right here came by cuz I'm trying to organize a community protest against a representative who's trying to push in a data center owned by an out ofstate company trying to suck up all our energy. I I made a post I made an event on Facebook trying to organize the community uh together. And what's your badge number? Name and badge number. I Detective Edson and name and badge number. Sure. SHP and it's 1. Okay. Yeah. No, I have I have a first amendment right to protest. And if I organize a protest on a public road, there's nothing wrong with that. I sent an email to that representative and I can show you the email. I never made a threat. Well, we disagree and our state's attorney disagrees. Okay. So, you're going to be charged today for a couple offenses. Seriously, I'm going to get charged for what? For stalking and intimidation. For stalking? When did I ever go to his house? We'll explain that to you more. Okay. So, you are going to be placed under arrest right now. Okay. All right.
That's right. If you don't like AI data centers, you're a terrorist. You don't like Israel, you're also a terrorist. Let me tell you, this type of framing directly mirrors how the state weaponized the war on terror to pass the Patriot Act in order to spy on ordinary American citizens. But even here in the United States, if we're going to be building, let's say, these 1 gawatt data centers, how do we make sure we're not protecting those 50 billion75 billion investments? the we have to reook at everything because of the role of drone warfare. Right now we're looking at it internationally, but you know, one of my concerns is could it be a domestic terrorism using a $3,000 drone. It couldn't be more crystal clear. We have their attention and they are actually afraid. I know it may look doom and gloom, but the public is actually winning this battle.
Last to conclude this matter determined the purchase and sale is closed. A big wave of relief from a very passionate crowd after the Le Pine City Council decides not to move forward with a proposed data center. That vote unanimous and came after residents voiced strong and often fiery opposition to the proposed project.
According to Heatmap News, 25 data centers were scrubbed in 2025 after local push back, four times as many as 2024. The number of cancellations they say is likely to grow in the year to come. At least 99 data center projects nationwide are now being contested by local activists or residents. Aaron Brochovich, yes, that Aaron Brockovich recently launched a new tool to help the public track the real world impact of AI data centers. They want us to believe that all of this is inevitable, that resisting AI is an act of treason. But let me tell you, this is our country. It's our community. It's our family. It's our friends. It's humanity. And that is exactly why this fight is worth fighting for. And that's why we are going to win.
That is it for me this week. This is one of those stories that the mainstream media will never cover. And coincidentally or not, it's also one of those fights I think that's truly worth fighting. So, I want to hear from you. Do you and your family live near a data center? Is one popping up in your community? What's your experience been like? Sound off in the comments section below. Also, if you want to support my journalism, you can go to my website 5149jameslee.com. Sign up to become a member or there's also an option to give a onetime donation. No subscription necessary. You can also buy some merch. That's how we fund pieces like this and that's how we keep independent media free. But if not, no worries at all. Please just do me a big favor. Hype this video, give it a thumbs up, share it, subscribe to the channel, turn on your notification bell so you can be the first to know when my next video drops. As always, thank you so much for your time and I will see you in the next one.
If we're going to be the leader in technology, which we are, if we are going to be the leader in AI, which we presently are, it's just going to require trillions of dollars of investments. And so much of this money, not just the private, is going to be coming from the private sector, from savings accounts, from pension accounts, from insurance companies, and on and on and on.