(Image credit: Getty Images) To say that data centers are becoming unpopular would be the understatement of the decade. Cities, states, and countries are racing to impose strong restrictions on new buildouts, when they're not banning them altogether. Predictably, Utah residents are up in arms about Shark Tank billionaire investor Kevin O'Leary's new $100-billion, 40,000-acre data center . There's a twist, though: O'Leary, the Trump administration, and pro-industry groups claim the opposition is driven by Chinese propaganda, as detailed in an exposé at The Washington Post . Go deeper with TH Premium: AI and data centers O'Leary, or "Mr. Wonderful," as he's known to friends, made this statement for the first time in a May 10 interview with Fox News, further expanding it across subsequent TV interviews and X posts.…