NY Times - Data Centers - fight inflamed by China, Russia, and Iran
LL Cool J, Rocky II, and Al Davis
Headline NY Times July 9:
<Shocked Face Emoji>
China, Russia and, to a lesser extent, Iran have sought to use state media outlets to turn the controversy over data centers in the United States into “a domestic fracture point,” according to a new analysis by Alethea, a threat intelligence company, which identified scores of articles and posts on social media this year.
Hmmm…
Now why would China, Russia, Iran and other countries want US fighting with each other?
Is it though?
From the Althea report (linked HERE):
Data centers are the current target, but they’re also a preview of a repeatable playbook: local opposition, hijacked and amplified by foreign state actors into a national narrative.
Any industry that becomes the center of the next hyperlocal fight should expect the same tactics, which is why what’s happening to data centers right now is worth studying well beyond this one sector.
Rinse and Repeat.
A lot of folks out there are scoring early political points taking easy whacks at the political piñatas that are data centers and AI, but THE FUTURE is the digital economy.
Fear sells. Always has and always will.
One of the many lessons of being directly involved in politics for the last <checks calendar> <hits calculator> 34 years, is that the first Punch delivered is rarely, if ever, the knockout blow.
It’s almost always the Counter Punch that decides.
Reports like these show clearly that you can bludgeon political candy filled paper mache made piñatas to entertain the party kiddos, but those same kids are staring down a loaded double barrel shotgun of a fiscal and monetary MESS that’s no laughing matter.
Or are we missing something?
“But the stock market!” - you say?
Yeah, candy filled…
Did I stutter?
If you print money, it WILL go somewhere. It HAS to.
Money, like water, flows to a path of least resistance.
So does Bravo Sierra on social media.
We should have substantive, honest conversations about the future and what will build it so that we can decide the best future for our kids and grand kids.
Lee Iacocca famously said, “Lead, follow, or get out of the way.”
Sage advice for the next generation of electeds.
(looking at you, Gen Xers)
LL? What you got for us?
Yo, Adrian!
Just Win, Baby!