Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said during a Breitbart News Fight Club Roundtable on Monday evening that he believes China is helping fund opposition to artificial intelligence data centers, while arguing that the country should consider the effects on the electrical grid and water resources without putting itself at a disadvantage in the competition over AI.
\n\nBreitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow and Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle hosted the Fight Club Roundtable with Johnson.
\n\nBreitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), and Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle discuss China and AI during a Breitbart News Fight Club Roundtable on Monday, August 31, 2026. (Matthew Perdie/Breitbart News)
\n\nMarlow asked Johnson about the stakes surrounding the construction of AI data centers in the United States.
\n\n“I would hate to see China win the war on AI. Again, I don’t have the specifics on this. I have a sense that China is funding the opposition to AI centers,” Johnson said.
\n\n“Now, at the same time, I think we need to be responsible. We need to look at the demands on the electrical grid. I think demands on water resources are way overstated, but overstated because China is funding the propaganda against these…
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