Citizens United for Transparency, in collaboration with other transparency-focused nongovernmental organizations, today announced efforts to solicit public information and examine the funding sources behind groups opposing critical U.S. infrastructure, including AI data centers and related community developments.
The initiative seeks to bring greater accountability to opaque 501(c)(4) and related nonprofit networks whose activities can delay or block projects essential to national competitiveness.
According to public reports and official proceedings, national investigations and congressional actions have raised questions about undisclosed and foreign-linked funding in these campaigns. In a June 2026 letter, House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders — Chairmen Brett Guthrie, John Joyce, and Bob Latta — requested a federal investigation into evidence of foreign influence campaigns targeting American data center development. Reports from the Bitcoin Policy Institute (Part I, Part II, and a follow-up analysis) allege that networks associated with Shanghai-based funder Neville Roy Singham, including overlapping leadership with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, participated in campaigns across multiple states that the reports link to delays, scale-backs, or blocks of approximately $23.6 billion in proposed AI infrastructure. Outcomes cited in those reports include a halt to permitting for a project in Prince George's County, Maryland; the blocking of a hyperscale campus in DeForest, Wisconsin; and a permanent data center ban in Monterey Park, California.
The House Ways and Means Committee has issued subpoenas to organizations including People's Forum, BreakThrough News, and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research in connection with more than $39 million in funding the committee links to the same network. Senator Tom Cotton has separately urged the Department of Justice to investigate foreign efforts to undermine U.S. AI infrastructure through these channels. These are allegations and ongoing inquiries; no findings of wrongdoing have been established, and the named organizations and individuals are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
At the local level, one example of organized opposition is the Colorado Springs-based 501(c)(4) Integrity Matters, which has publicly organized resident appeals and legal challenges against several projects, including the Project Taurus AI data center in Colorado Springs and a proposed Buc-ee's travel center in Palmer Lake, from which the company withdrew its annexation application in February 2026. It has also engaged on multi-family housing and library-related matters. Citizens United for Transparency is not alleging, and has no evidence, that Integrity Matters receives foreign or otherwise undisclosed funding, or that it is connected to any criminal matter. We name it only as an example of the kind of organized local opposition whose funding sources merit the same routine public disclosure we advocate for across the board.
Separately, and unrelated to any funding question, public reporting has noted that one of the five eligible individual appeals of the Project Taurus approval was filed by a Colorado Springs resident who, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia, was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 9, 2026, on charges of maliciously damaging or attempting to damage property used in interstate commerce by means of fire and an explosive, and of using fire and explosives to intimidate and interfere with employees during a civil disorder. The charges relate to a May 2022 incident involving a contractor for Atlanta's Public Safety Training Center; the appeal was filed on or about June 21, 2026 (reporting here). An indictment is an allegation only, and the individual is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. As local reporting notes, that individual appeal was not affiliated with either of the larger group appeals against the project.
A parallel example of organized opposition leading to a concrete outcome is the permanent data center ban approved by voters in Monterey Park, California, in June 2026 — reported as the first such permanent voter-enacted ban in the nation. Local organizing by the group No Data Center Monterey Park contributed to the measure, which passed with roughly 86 percent support. The Bitcoin Policy Institute report identifies this ban as one of the outcomes it associates with the multi-state campaigns it describes.
Citizens United for Transparency and its partner organizations are actively soliciting tips, public records, and additional information from citizens, researchers, and officials to map funding flows and identify any intersections between local opposition efforts and the national networks already under congressional scrutiny.
The organization urges Congress, the administration, and local leaders to:
- Mandate full donor disclosure for all 501(c)(4) groups involved in appeals, litigation, or organized campaigns against infrastructure and emerging technology projects.
- Support ongoing congressional and law-enforcement examinations of foreign and opaque funding streams documented in the Bitcoin Policy Institute reports, the House Energy and Commerce letter, Ways and Means subpoenas, and related inquiries.
- Audit contributions targeting data centers, energy facilities, and municipal development to ensure the public interest is protected from undisclosed influence.
Transparency in the funding of advocacy that shapes America's infrastructure decisions is essential to national security, economic growth, and informed local governance. Citizens United for Transparency will continue working with partner NGOs to surface the true sources of opposition and press for accountability.
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Note on sources and fairness. This release summarizes publicly available reports, official proceedings, and news coverage, each linked inline above. Statements attributed to congressional committees, the Bitcoin Policy Institute, prosecutors, or news outlets reflect those sources, not independent findings by Citizens United for Transparency. Congressional inquiries, subpoenas, and indictments are allegations or requests for information; they are not determinations of wrongdoing. All individuals and organizations referenced are presumed innocent unless and until proven otherwise in a court of law. Citizens United for Transparency advocates for routine public disclosure of advocacy funding and does not allege that any specific organization named here has engaged in unlawful conduct.
About Citizens United for Transparency
Citizens United for Transparency is a nonpartisan watchdog dedicated to exposing dark money, foreign influence, and undisclosed funding in policy debates affecting national security and economic growth. It collaborates with other transparency organizations to gather information and promote disclosure.
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