NPR Celebrates Activist Whose Data Center Campaign had Ties to China-Linked Socialist Group

Legal Insurrection ^ | 10 Nov 2026 | Leslie Eastman

[Rummyfan]

A look at urban environmental hero, Taylor Frazier McCollum, billionaire Marxist Neville Roy Singham, and how 40 American data center projects were rejected by voters.

Back in June, I reported on lawmakers’ warnings that China may be fueling opposition to American data centers, which is a serious concern worth keeping in mind as the backlash spreads.

Now NPR offers a sympathetic profile of Taylor Frazier McCollum, whose organizing helped put a $5 billion Maryland data center project on hold, even as the surrounding county struggles with a budget deficit and the region is struggling economically.

Frazier McCollum is one of a number of Americans whose political awakening was triggered by data center development. Across the country, community members have taken to local council hearings to voice their opposition. They’ve prompted — though estimates vary — about 500 moratoriums on data centers nationwide.

Unlike a lot of land-use activists trying to protect their homes from threats in their backyards, Frazier McCollum does not own a home. In 2024, she and her young daughter were evicted from their apartment. She was working at a waxing center that cut wages, and she could no longer cover her rent.

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[Rummyfan]

Ninety-some acres sitting idle justify 495 for over twenty years. And the former salon employee all the sudden becomes environmentally aware and active and stops. Hmm..... PG County is a disaster.

[BenLurkin]

She looks like the kind of stooge class-action lawyers recruit for a lead plaintiff.

[AppyPappy]

She’s getting paid by the Chinese.

[rktman]

No research or fact finding required. Why is the nuke power plant always an issue? “The China Syndrome” movie. IIRC, none of the failed nuke plants ever made it to China. 🙄

[srmanuel]

If you think back to the 1970s, liberal activists led by Ralph Nader demonized nuclear energy, it was dangerous, it will destroy the environment, and the construction of new nuclear power plants should be stopped, that campaign effectively killed nuclear energy development. Fast forward to today, how much better off would we be if we had another 150 to 200 nuclear reactors producing cheap, clean and reliable energy.

One day in the future, if we keep going, we will look back to today and wonder how we ever let idiots like this person effectively get datacenter construction killed.

The one salvation today is if, Elon Musk and SpaceX actually get computing power in great numbers into space. Given our current political environment, the Democrats would like nothing better than to kneecap Elon Musk and could do real damage to his companies.

[bobbo666]

All of the anti-data center crappola is a pack of lies fed to the low-IQ commies from the CCP.