Steve Everley

Attacks on data centers are dominating headlines, ranging from run of the mill environmental claims to obscure and even bizarre issues. The broader dynamic should look familiar, because a very similar playbook was used against fracking. 🧵

RT @nickgillespie: What a stupid and counterproductive law, and cringe meme.

Most data centers use the same amount of water—or less—than an average large office building. Meanwhile, they're helping lower electricity costs by financing new power generation. The hysteria over AI data centers is going to age very, very poorly.

Irony is not the right word for the fact that this comes just days after the NYT reported about the role of foreign influence in stoking the animosity towards data centers nytimes.com/2026/07/09/bus…

Imagine a world where the rest of the country took New York's lead on banning fracking. x.com/fbirol/status/…

"temporarily" The NY data center ban is being framed as temporary because it sounds softer. We're just taking a little pause, that's all. To get the right rules in place. The NY fracking ban also began as a temporary measure to get the rules in place. wsj.com/us-news/new-yo…

A decade ago, New York's governor authorized a ban on fracking. It solved nothing. The state still uses natural gas, it just pays more for it. Today, New York's governor will authorize a ban on data centers. I wonder what will happen! subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews…

Over 70 gigawatts of nuclear in the pipeline, most of it for non-light water reactors, and mostly for hyperscalers and data centers. New analysis from @TheBTI’s @joyjiang1997:

New @IEA Gas Market Report shows that in the 2 recent major gas supply disruptions in 2022 & 2026, US LNG has played a unique role in avoiding much more severe market impacts US export capacity growth since 2016 is over 3x as fast as past buildouts by Russia, Australia & Qatar

narrative violation.

A proposed data center "will be powered by 70 percent solar, wind and battery storage, and the remaining power will be matched with renewable energy purchases" So of course "climate" activists are suing to stop it. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews…

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In the 2010s, fracking gave us the "shale-ionaires," the landowners whose fortunes were transformed overnight. Struggling homeowners didn't have to move. Farmers could keep their land. In the 2020s, it's data centers.

🚨New @Forbes Piece: How Louisiana Became a Key Battleground for Anti-Energy Activism Louisiana should be an energy powerhouse — world-class ports, skilled workforce, vast oil/gas reserves, prime geology for carbon storage, and a public that values the industry's economic impact. Instead, it's under sustained assault from leftwing NGOs funded by coastal elites. Key points: ⚡️$115.5M+ in funding (2020-2025) poured into a dozen LA-based environmental groups: Over 98% from out-of-state sources (mostly CA, DC, NY). Major funders: Bloomberg Philanthropies, Bezos Earth Fund, Rockefeller Family Fund, Tides, etc. - The Usual Suspects of far-left activism. ⚡️Strategic litigation targets LNG terminals (CP2, Commonwealth, Plaquemines), carbon sequestration primacy, and dozens of coastal erosion lawsuits against 200+ energy companies seeking retroactive liability for decades-old permitted operations. ⚡️Economic toll: Over $600B in lost growth (2009-2024). Oil & gas GDP share dropped from ~7% to under 3%, even as competitors like Texas boomed. ⚡️This has nothing to do with grassroots: It's coordinated lawfare by coastal billionaires aiming to throttle U.S. fossil fuel production, disrupt supply chains, impede progress, and raise national energy costs. Louisiana's central role in Gulf infrastructure makes it a high-value target. Louisiana must now choose: let imported activism dictate its future or reassert control for energy dominance. The data is clear: this isn't about local concerns or geology. It's ideology vs. American prosperity. #Energy #Louisiana #FossilFuels

Rural counties that want a future for their children should want the factory for the economy in their area. Datacenters mean good jobs in areas that haven’t had enough of those for far too long.

Data centers = local jobs, local benefits “As Wyoming watches up to 70% of its young adults leave by age 30, a Cheyenne native’s path at Microsoft shows how data center jobs could help reverse the state’s biggest export — it’s own people.” cowboystatedaily.com/2026/07/10/how…

🚨Well, look at that: the @NYTimes finally waking up to what many of us have been saying for months - that foreign interests are trying to kill America's AI industry. The Gray Lady just published a piece admitting China, Russia, and Iran are running influence ops to inflame U.S. debates over AI data centers. Satellite images in state media, fake comics blaming data centers for high electric bills, Russian videos sowing doubt on U.S. projects abroad. All designed to fracture America’s AI momentum. • China’s state paper warns AI data centers threaten Americans’ “physical and financial well-being” while Beijing builds out its own massive capacity unchecked. • CCP-linked accounts flood X with AI-slop cartoons portraying U.S. tech tycoons as villains. • Russia hits projects in Armenia to undermine U.S. allies. • Goal? Slow America’s AI edge so authoritarian regimes can catch up or surpass us. This isn’t organic NIMBYism: It’s strategic sabotage. Data centers power the future of American innovation, energy demand, and national security. Killing them with red tape and propaganda plays right into Beijing’s hands. Yet legacy media spent months ignoring the foreign fingerprints while amplifying the hysteria. Belatedly catching on doesn’t earn you a prize, NYT. America’s AI supremacy is too critical to let adversaries dictate the conversation. Time to build fast, power up with reliable energy, and tell the foreign influence ops to pound sand. #AI #DataCenters #China #EnergyReality Link to story at he former newspaper of record: nytimes.com/2026/07/09/bus…

The average American needs to know: 1) Data centers are the best thing that's happened to you since fossil fuels. 2) All of the alleged problems with data centers are either fake or solvable. CC @dagenmcdowell @brianbrenberg

So good of the @nytimes to finally catch on. @saeverley @US_OGA and I have been warning about this since April.

Uh oh