In Camden County, Missouri, hundreds of residents showed up to a County Commission meeting to protest an Opportunity Zone and the data center that might have come with it... but were some of them convinced by an AI video?

Recently, viral AI-generated YouTube videos have been warning about secret foreign agents, BlackRock, and data centers draining the Ozarks' aquifer. Is there any truth to it? Or is this just algorithm-fed fearmongering and pot-stirring?

In this episode, we break down the wild local drama unfolding at Lake of the Ozarks — where AI-made content with 600,000+ views on channels like "Hard Truth Untold" is shaping real-world policy decisions, all while making people think they thought of it themselves.

We talk about:

What really happened at the Camden County Commission meeting

The viral AI videos stoking fear about data centers in the Ozarks

Opportunity Zones vs. data centers — what's the actual difference?

How AI is quietly influencing local democracy

Why this moment feels like the 21st century unfolding in real time

This is Episode 39 — Data Center Drama.