Corporate Data Centers + NDAs = Secret Government

Jim Hightower's Radio Lowdown by Jim Hightower

Sep 17, 20262:10News & Politics

A West Texas cowboy saying advises: “Never sign nothing by neon.” But that’s exactly the key operational method of the AI data center hucksters who’re foisting their exploitative, multibillion-dollar scams on local folks...

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