Opinion pieces from Naked Capitalism and Common Dreams argue that Silicon Valley's framing of an urgent AI competition with China is overstated, used primarily to justify massive data center expansion. Critics contend the real race is between tech companies themselves, not nations.
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The AI Race With China Is a Lie Told by Big Tech to Justify the Data Center Invasion https://www. nakedcapitalism.com/2026/07/th e-ai-race-with-china-is-a-lie-told-by-big-tech-to-justify-the-data-center-invasion.html
The truth is, we don’t need hyperscale data centers to “beat China.” We aren’t racing China. We’re killing ourselves so Silicon Valley can race itself. www.commondreams.org/opinion/big-... The truth is, we don’t need hyperscale data centers to “beat China.” We aren’t racing China. We’re killing ourselves so Silicon Valley can race itself.