CNBC January 14, 2025
Key Points
– President Biden issued a new executive order to speed the construction of artificial intelligence data centers and bolster national security.
– The move empowers the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Energy to lease federal sites to build out data centers with clean energy resources.
President Joe Biden issued an executive order Thursday aimed at speeding domestic construction of artificial intelligence infrastructure and shoring up the national security risk involved in the technology.
The move empowers the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Energy to lease federal sites for gigawatt-scale AI data centers.
“AI is poised to have large effects across our economy, including in health care, transportation, education, and beyond, and it is too...