A bot-farm claim meets a real data-center backlash

On August 28, X's Global Government Affairs account said its Safety team had identified approximately 200,000 suspected Chinese inauthentic accounts and 200 accounts posting in a way that could manipulate debate about American AI and energy policy. The disclosure described claims about electricity prices, grid strain, and AI-generated cartoons. 1

Reporting from the Associated Press, CNBC, and The Washington Post describes bipartisan opposition tied to farmland, water, electricity bills, noise, emissions, jobs, and local control. The same reporting describes support tied to construction work, skilled-trade demand, medical research, precision farming, and competition with China. 234

The three X posts in the cards are reproduced verbatim and labeled as an illustrative sample rather than a poll. 56