Attacks on data centers are dominating headlines, ranging from run of the mill environmental claims to obscure and even bizarre issues. The broader dynamic should look familiar, because a very similar playbook was used against fracking. 🧵

🚨In response to the list below from @stats_feed, I've put together an analysis of the same annual gasoline prices adjusted for inflation. Let's also take a look at the average gasoline price at the pump during each 21st century presidency in real 2025 dollars. Should be fun...

One of the worst things the progressive movement has done for society is convince large numbers of people that the success of others necessarily came at their expense. It’s bred so much resentment. And it simply isn’t true.

Build a data center - get a teacher a raise. Cool.

Boost a teacher; build a data center

“But the data-center panic is overblown. Most of the complaints inflate the costs of data centers and overlook the fact that, in some contexts at least, they can bring real benefits.” theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…

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Reuters: "OpenAI says Chinese propaganda is being deployed to foment dissent over tariffs, data centers" reuters.com/business/media-t…

Massachusetts officials admitted phasing out gas would raise costs, but pushed forward anyway. NYers are literally paying the price for gas bans. Virginia energy bills are going up to pay for cap and trade. If you're blaming this on data centers, you're not paying attention.

The Natural Gas Ban That Totally Did Not Happen Is Crushing New York’s Consumers nationalreview.com/corner/th…

"Closed-loop systems, like the one approved at the new $2.5 billion data center facility in Taylor, take a one-time draw of water that can be reused over and over again."

Virginia is voluntarily joining a greenhouse gas reduction network that will drive up energy costs. People will blame data centers. They’ll be lying, but they’ll do it.

It will be blamed on data centers.

This is DOUBLE the monthly RGGI rate Virginians were paying pre-2022 RGGI exit under former Governor @GlennYoungkin. Yikes! Don’t say we didn’t warn you that RGGI re-entry raising utility rates. This is the opposite of affordability. 😬 @IWF