> a Chinese Communist Party agenda

is it actually? it feels more like US propaganda that we have to let our oligarchs run roughshod over us because of what we imagine the big bad CCP might want.

i dont think the CCP cares whether there's data centers in rural america.

Regulation that requires closed loop cooling seems simple enough, same with lots of the other problems people have with data centers:

* sound and infrasound under x DB

* no air quality change

* must pay to build out electrical infrastructure

etc

its not to the CCPs benefit or loss to make sure the data centers are built well if they get built

> i dont think the CCP cares whether there's data centers in rural america.

They certainly care that the US loses the race for AI.