The Dallas Express<\/a>\u00a0reported that Open Society Foundations, founded and funded by Soros, has provided more than\u00a0$7.6 million to the national Indivisible Project since 2017<\/strong>, including a two-year $3 million grant in 2023. Indivisible Centex, the local Bell County chapter of the national Indivisible network, has been active in opposing data center projects in Temple, Texas.<\/p>\n Indivisible Centex\u00a0reportedly<\/a>\u00a0held a \u201cweek of action\u201d in late April against data center projects<\/strong>\u00a0in Temple. Activities included a \u201cProtest & Petition\u201d event at Temple City Hall on April 24, efforts to recall city council members who supported the projects, and a virtual Zoom event on April 27 titled \u201cThirsty for Power: When Data Centers Drain Our Water.\u201d<\/p>\n The protests come amid significant data center expansion in the area.<\/p>\n Rowan\u00a0broke ground<\/a>\u00a0earlier this year\u00a0<\/strong>on Project Temple, a 300-megawatt hyperscale campus on roughly 700 acres with a minimum investment of $700 million, and is developing additional phases in the area.\u00a0Separately, Meta has been building its own large data center campus in Temple since 2022.<\/strong>\u00a0The Temple City Council’s April\u00a0vote<\/a>\u00a0to annex and rezone about 700 acres along Bob White Road for the Rowan project drew opposition from residents concerned about water use, electricity demand, and infrastructure strain, concerns that prompted a separate group, Stop the Temple Data Center, to launch a\u00a0recall effort<\/a>\u00a0against the mayor and two council members.<\/p>\n Soros and friends, being agents of chaos and whatnot, are fueling\u00a0the early stages of a\u00a0\u201cLuddite revolution\u201d<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0against data center expansion. Since mid-2025, the site has warned that exploding residential electricity bills, limited local job gains, and public unease over AI\u2019s societal impacts would spark organized backlash, predicting protests and even infrastructure attacks within a year.\u00a0Reports document a sharp escalation in resistance, with billions in projects delayed or blocked nationwide amid concerns over power demand, water use, and grid strain.<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/Lxrt8.jpg?itok=TdK0Z8M1\")
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