PoliticsNovember 11, 2026
"Activist" mother gets $5 billion data center shut down, then wonders why government can't pay for her new roof
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A woman living out of her grandfather's house just got a $5 billion data center project shut down. It would have gone on an abandoned property that hasn't been in use for over twenty years, but this woman - who is being praised as a civil rights activist - had her political awakening and said, "Nuh-uh."
Side note: she doesn't understand why the government does have the money to fix her roof, after she shut down a $5 billion revenue-generating project for her county.
Meet Taylor Frazier McCollum. Praised by NPR as "a different kind of land-use activist" and part of "a number of Americans whose political awakening was triggered by data center development."
The data center/AI brouhaha can be broken down into three aspects. There is a lot - A LOT - of misinformation being spread, much of which the streets believe is originating from China. There is a bipartisan group of politicians willing to exploit that misinformation. Then there are techbros who support AI, yet manage to make you oppose AI every time they open their mouths about AI.
Ten bucks say she spends too much time on TikTok and thinks Lindsay Clancy is innocent.
— Brodigan (@brodigan) November 10, 2026
Which group do you think Taylor Frazier McCollum falls in?
This woman, Taylor Frazier McCollum, successfully blocked (at least temporarily) a $5B data center from being built atop an old mall in Landover, Maryland that had been abandoned since 2002. https://t.co/pGHeiJB6PP
— Anthony Brian Logan (ABL) 🇺🇸 (@ANTHONYBLOGAN) November 10, 2026
McCollum's activist awakening was in collaboration with a larger political organization. I want you to take a moment before you read this next part from the Washington Free Beacon. Think about what type of organization would partner with someone with NO previous activism to block something that might be beneficial to American workers and taxpayers. Picture it. Envision it.
Yep.
The group that collaborated with McCollum—a struggling single mom with no history of activism—is the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), a Marxist-Leninist group tied to notorious Beijing-based tech mogul Neville Roy Singham, who has been accused of bankrolling an extensive Chinese propaganda network.
The revelation is the latest evidence that the increasingly effective anti-data center movement can be traced, at least in part, to Chinese-tied funders ... linked several anti-data center campaigns to Chinese government-tied organizations ... identified a network of Chinese "inauthentic accounts" that repeatedly spread anti-data center content.
Meanwhile, McCollum, praised by NPR as a new kind of activist after shutting down a project that would have been built on land that had been abandoned for over twenty years and could have generated a ridiculous amount of tax revenue for Prince George's County in Maryland, doesn't understand why the government won't fix her grandpa's roof.
In September, Frazier McCollum appeared at a county council meeting to advocate for a fund for roof repairs, something her grandfather's home needs. Council member Wanika Fisher, who supports moving some data center projects forward, reminded her that the county needs development.
"Our county has an economic future that we have to grapple with. I don't see where the money is coming from..."
McCollum now wants to work to prevent data center development in other areas, specifically those that would affect Black communities.
Here is a clip of Memphis Mayor Paul Young for no reason whatsoever.
JUST IN: Memphis Mayor reveals SpaceX data center taxes more than doubled to $54 million, after $25 million last year made it Shelby County’s second largest taxpayerPaul Young was asked about Elon Musk’s claim that data centers have Memphis booming:Q: “Recently, just speaking on the revenues the data centers are creating for Memphis. Elon Musk recently tweeted that Memphis is 'booming' because of the data centers. He said that hotels and restaurants are full and called, tax revenue in Memphis tremendous right now. Do you just have any thoughts on that?”YOUNG: “Well, we’ve talked a lot about the financial aspects of the project. I think that as we talk about data centers in our city, we want to talk about it in a balanced way. Of course there’s an economic side. We want to make sure that we are articulating what protections and guardrails we’re putting in place for the environmental sides that, people are concerned about, the quality of life, noise, traffic, all of those aspects.""But, there there is tax revenue. I think this year it was $54,000,000 in taxes that have been generated. And I know last year when they generated about $25,000,000 in tax revenue, it was the second largest tax paying property in Shelby County. I don’t know where $54,000,000 puts it, but it is significant taxes.""And so as we look at, the tax revenue, we also wanna look at how do we ensure that there are proper protections. That’s what this ninety day executive order has been about, and, it’s the conversation that we’ll continue to have with the community.”
— Fireside Alpha (@firesidealpha) November 9, 2026
Don't get me wrong. I'm all for slowing down and asking questions about tech advancement that we didn't think about in the past. We didn't question file sharing. Now we don't own anything, including features in our cars and home appliances that we have to rent.
We didn't question social media, and it's been a net negative on people's mental health.
An honest conversation about AI needs to be had.
Taylor Frazier McCollum being praised by the media ain't it.
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