Washington, Aug 23 A senior Republican senator has accused China of fuelling opposition to artificial intelligence data centres in the United States as concerns over their heavy use of electricity and water spread across American communities.Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina said Beijing wanted to impede the expansion of US computing infrastructure and secure an advantage in the global race to develop AI. He did not offer evidence for the allegation during his interview with NBC News.“Democrats are being used as pawns for this disinformation campaign run by China to make sure that China wins the AI future instead of…