New York Subway Hero Daniel Penny Joins Social Media With Vociferous Defense Of Data Centers

August 28, 2026 6:19 PM ET Daniel Penny, the New Yorker who was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide after he choked out an unstable homeless man on the subway, joined social media to champion an unlikely cause. Penny joined venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz in Feb. 2025, just a couple of months after his trial, and is now publicly advocating for the construction of data centers. Penny wrote in an over 2,000-word X post that he believes he has a “perspective that is rare” on the issue. So that Americans will continue to win for generations to come. https://t.co/1kLyCAwvXg— Danny Penny (@12Palehorse) August 28, 2026 Penny noted that he takes great effort to buy American-made products and is worried about China undercutting American business by using slave labor and autom