US collects 10 petabytes/day
The US government collects approximately 10 petabytes of data per day, driving the construction of massive new data centers.
Snapshot · The Tucker Carlson Show
Hacker Kim Dotcom Issues Dark Warning on Surveillance, Electronic Voting Machines, and Nuclear War
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Aug 7, 2026
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AI, Data Centers, and the Coming Total Surveillance State
At 13:40 · chapter starts 13:01
Tucker asks how AI will change the surveillance picture, and Dotcom's answer is dark. AI will be connected directly to the existing US government surveillance infrastructure, which he says collects roughly 10 petabytes of data every single day [1] — Kim Dotcom "The US government hoovers up roughly 10 petabytes of data every day — all communications, everything. That data appetite is driving the mas…" 13:40 . That figure explains why the US is on a data center building spree — not competition with China, as the media claims, but an appetite for storage driven by mass data collection. Dotcom dismisses the idea that the US leads China in AI as propaganda, noting that Obama made it legal to propagandize US citizens, so the official story on the US-China AI gap cannot be trusted. The only protection, he repeats, is to avoid AI and the internet entirely — an option most people will not take.
AI Will Know Everything About Everybody
AI is the next phase of the surveillance state. It will be plugged directly into the US government's mass data collection systems and will know everything about every person on Earth. The only defense is to avoid AI and the internet entirely.
The US Collects 10 Petabytes of Data Every Single Day
The US government hoovers up roughly 10 petabytes of data every day — all communications, everything. That data appetite is driving the massive wave of new data center construction, not AI competition with China.
Switzerland's Direct Democracy vs. the Corrupt Political Class
Politicians are not honest people — they're in it for the money. Kim Dotcom argues direct democracy, modeled on Switzerland, is the only legitimate system. He's trying to import it to New Zealand through a new Freedom Party.
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