Among the 200,000 accounts, only 200 are doing the same thing: using cartoon pictures to talk about how the AI data center will push up your home appliance bill. This disparate number comes from the X security team’s investigation of suspected fake Chinese accounts. The company announced this finding on its Global Government Affairs page.
According to X, the content posted by these 200 accounts focused on how AI data centers drove up residential electricity prices and brought down power grids in neighboring towns. The images in the material paint data center operators as profit-seeking businessmen, profiting from the facilities while leaving households with the electricity bill. X said the modus operandi of such posts "may have distorted a legitimate debate about U.S. AI and energy policy."
X did not disclose the complete list of these accounts, but posted some examples on the platform. "We remain committed to maintaining an open and authentic platform for people to debate public issues," the company wrote, adding that it would take seriously any attempt to undermine the integrity of this "global public square" and that accounts that violate its Authenticity policy will be suspended.
Judging from the sample posts released by X, these fake accounts use OpenAI's tools to generate illustrations and discussion points. The illustrations are the same images that appeared in a report released by OpenAI in June this year, which stated that accounts suspected of being from China had used ChatGPT to generate content against the data center. OpenAI also mentioned at the time that in addition to using fake accounts to post messages, these ChatGPT users also posted "legitimate news reports about grid operators' capacity auctions and data center power demand," which meant that the operating content was a mixture of real news and generated content.
Data from Goldman Sachs shows that as of February 2026, electricity prices have increased by 6.9% compared with the same period last year. Goldman Sachs predicts that as the demand for electricity from AI facilities increases, electricity prices will continue to rise. This means that the increase in electricity bills mentioned in the anti-information center’s post is not a completely fabricated issue.
X did not specify what content the remaining 199,800 accounts usually post. OpenAI's June report mentioned that the same group of ChatGPT users with ties to China also asked the chatbot to write insulting remarks against Chinese dissidents and political commentators, as well as criticism of U.S. tariffs and technology policies.
