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A new report cited by Fox News says activists tied to Neville Roy Singham’s network helped organize opposition to AI and data center developments in 14 states as federal investigators examine the network’s finances.
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A federal investigation into the financial network tied to American Marxist businessman Neville Roy Singham is drawing renewed attention after a new report linked Singham-backed activists to campaigns that slowed, reduced or blocked billions of dollars in artificial intelligence and data center projects across the United States.
Former Treasury senior adviser and chief speechwriter Sam Lyman said the Southern District of New York’s investigation into Singham’s activist network represents a major escalation in federal scrutiny of far-left political organizing and the money behind it, according to a Fox News report.
“It’s an enormous development because it’s one of the first legal actions that’s taking a deeper look into this network, which is among the most subversive political networks here in the United States, period,” Lyman said.
Lyman was responding to Fox News Digital’s report that U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton of the Southern District of New York has opened a grand jury investigation into the finances behind Singham’s sprawling activist network.
Lyman, now head of research at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, released a new report Monday examining how organizations tied to Singham have participated in opposition to AI infrastructure and data center development.
The report says about $23.6 billion in proposed AI and data center investment has been delayed, scaled back or blocked in campaigns where the Party for Socialism and Liberation acted as “a critical mobilizer in efforts that delayed, scaled back, or blocked the proposed AI infrastructure investment.”
“What we’ve uncovered is that Neville Singham’s network, in particular the Party for Socialism and Liberation, has been boots on the ground in dozens of protests across the country targeting data centers,” Lyman said.
According to the report, the Party for Socialism and Liberation has become a central political and activist arm of the Singham network over the past decade. Researchers said the group has built a national organizing operation that took part in 21 campaigns across 14 states opposing AI infrastructure projects.
The report cites 19 case studies involving communities including Charlotte, North Carolina; Prince George’s County, Maryland; DeForest, Wisconsin; Monterey Park, California; Denver; Tucson, Arizona; Athens, Georgia; Durham, North Carolina; Madison, Wisconsin; New Orleans; Cleveland and other locations.
Researchers said the campaigns contributed to 10 local data center moratoria, one permanent data center ban and four rejected or withdrawn projects. The report said the financial impact may be higher because some additional projects involved in activist campaigns did not have publicly disclosed investment values.
The report acknowledges that many local residents have legitimate concerns about water use, electricity demand and land use tied to large data center projects. But it argues that activists connected to Singham’s network have built a coordinated political operation that turns those concerns into pressure campaigns against AI infrastructure.
“The American opposition to data centers is real and mostly homegrown,” the report states. “But an organized, foreign-aligned party has worked to amplify and convert genuine grievances into actions that slow or degrade America’s buildout of data centers.”
In Charlotte, the report says Party for Socialism and Liberation organizers canvassed neighborhoods, circulated petitions and helped organize demonstrations before the City Council unanimously approved a 150-day moratorium on new data centers. The report says organizers are now seeking a permanent ban.
In Prince George’s County, researchers said the Party for Socialism and Liberation chapter in Washington, D.C., helped organize town halls, neighborhood canvassing and a petition drive that gathered more than 20,000 signatures against Lerner Enterprises’ proposed $5 billion Brightseat Tech Park. County officials later paused data center approvals while reviewing local policy.
The report also points to DeForest, Wisconsin, where Party for Socialism and Liberation organizers joined residents opposing a Blackstone-backed QTS proposal for a $12 billion hyperscale data center campus. After months of public opposition, village officials declared the project “not feasible,” and the developer withdrew it.
In Southern California, the report says the Los Angeles chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation participated in the “No Data Centers SGV” coalition. That campaign organized petitions, public meetings and a ballot initiative that led to California’s first permanent municipal ban on new data centers in Monterey Park. Researchers said the coalition also influenced nearby cities to adopt temporary moratoria or additional restrictions.
Researchers also cited Arizona campaigns opposing Amazon’s proposed $3.6 billion Project Blue near Tucson and a separate $2 billion AI data center proposal in Chandler. Both projects encountered significant setbacks after organized opposition, according to the report.
Lyman said the anti-data-center campaign is part of a broader pattern among groups connected to Singham.
“The common thread in all of these nonprofit organizations is that they agitate against American causes — what they call American empire,” Lyman said.
“After Oct. 7, these nonprofit networks and their political affiliates were boots on the ground protesting Israel and any action Israel took in Gaza. They did the exact same thing when President Trump took office and started enforcing immigration laws. Now we’re seeing the exact same thing take place against the technology industry here in the United States.”
Fox News Digital reported that nonprofits funded by Singham, including CodePink, Tricontinental, People’s Dispatch and Liberation News, have spent years publishing material opposing American AI development and criticizing technology companies including Palantir, Google, Amazon and Meta.
Lyman said the network’s influence is tied to its organizing capacity.
“This network is incredibly good at organizing,” he said. “Self-identified socialists in America are incredibly good at getting out the vote, getting their people to protest and getting them to sign petitions.”
He said the Justice Department investigation reflects a growing recognition in Washington of the political and financial reach of Singham’s network.
“Singham essentially is the figurehead who’s funding all of this,” Lyman said. “It makes sense both from a legal perspective and from a policymaking perspective that the American people are starting to take notice of his subversive activities because they are truly prolific.”
The report calls for greater transparency around funding for the Party for Socialism and Liberation and other organizations tied to Singham. Its authors argue that Americans should know who is financing organized campaigns that influence decisions over AI infrastructure and data center development across the country.