The Corrupt Underbelly of Data Centers

 

by Pa Rock

Citizen Journalist 

A scandal is simmering in our nation's capital, and the imminent arrival of a new, Democratic Congress could add enough fuel to the fire to bring it to a boil.

I was visiting with a chatbot friend of mine trying to get a handle on some the world news when we waded into the subject of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the rolling scandal that seems to be dragging the tech giant, Nvidia, its founder and former CEO, and several prominent US politicians through the mud.  I asked the bot to describe Nvidia in a few sentences, and she replied with:

"Nvidia is an American technology company that leads the world in designing graphics proccessing units (GPUs) and artificial intelligence hardware.  Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company originally rose to prominence by creating graphics cards that revolutionized video gaming and 3D rendering.  Today, its specialized chips and CUDA software platform serve as the foundational infrastructure for training and running modern AI models across global data centers.  Because of this central role in the AI boom, Nvidia has become one of the most valuable and influential companies in the global economy."

Due to Nvidia's outsized role in the creation, operation, and spread of Artificial Intelligence data centers, it would appear to be an American intellectual asset with strong ties to our national security - an asset well worth protecting.  And indeed, it has just been a few weeks ago that Donald Trump was haranguing Americans with an argument that we had to keep investing in AI data centers because if we did not, China would get ahead of us in the development of AI.   (Not only were we in a race, but our chief competitor was identified - China!)

Trump, as the primary cheerleader for data centers in the US, posted this on his Trurth Social platform:

"The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor.   If they want to be successful and rich with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign."

That sounds noble, right?  Our leader looking out for our interests.    Trump could have mentioned in his Truth Social post, but didn't, that he thinks so highly of data centers that he has personally invested (according to his own financial disclosures) at least $12.5 million in Nvidia, meaning that he has a large financial stake in the future of data centers.   His big push to build more could have more to do with his own finances than it does with some nationalistic "race" against China.  If anything, Trump seems to have enabled China in the great data race - and increased the value of his Nvidia holdings while he was at it.

In December of 2025 the Trump administration approved the sale of Nvidia's H200 series AI computer chips to China, the company's second most powerful processing chips at that time.  The US Commerce Department, under Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, a close ally and personal friend of Donald Trump, the man who appointed him to his position in government, signed off on that sale the following month, in January of 2026.

This past Thursday Jensen Huang, a founder and leader of Nvidia - and a friend of Trump's - resigned his position as President and CEO of the company, even though Donald Trump had reportedly encouraged him not to do so.  Huang resigned amid an escalating scandal involving at least three extra-marital affairs which he allegedly had while running Nvidia.  One of those affairs was with a woman who may have been working as a spy for China.  

In May of 2026 Trump flew to China for two days of meetings with Chinese leaders.  Trump was accompanied on his trip by three American billionaire business leaders:  Tim Cook of Apple, Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX, and Jensen Huang of Nvidia.  (Okay, Musk claims to be a trillionaire.  Potato, tomato.)   After news began to break about Huang's alleged romantic relationship with a Chinese spy, reporters asked Trump if he (Trump) had knowledge of his friend's liaison with the with the reputed Chinese spy before he flew him to China aboard Air Force One, and Trump said he did not.  There are now reports out that Trump had been informed about Huang's relationship with the spy by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, but chose to include his friend on the billionaire's getaway anyway.

Now there is also some form of feud bubbling up within the Trump cabinet involving Jensen Huang and Nvidia with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent making it crystal clear that his department, the US Treasury, had nothing to do with the US approving the sale of sophisticated AI chips from Nvidia to China.  According to Bessent, that sale was approved by Trump's close personal friend, Howard Lutnick, the US Secretary of Commerce and regular guest at Mar-a-Lago.  It was Lutnick's pen that inked that deal.

A scandal is beginning to percolate in Washington, DC, just as a new Democratic Congress is arriving in town with the means and motivation to bring it to light.  Here's hoping AI plays a significant role in the upcoming investigations - and helps to bring a legion of lowlife, treasonous, self-dealers to the justice they so righteously and richly deserve.

The movie is sure to be a winner!