Nvidia, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google execs meet with White House to talk AI energy and data centers

CNBC September 12, 2024
Hayden Field

Key Points

– Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Google President Ruth Porat met at the White House Thursday to discuss AI energy and infrastructure.

– Leaders at Microsoft and several American power and utility companies, as well as Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, also attended.

– Topics discussed included AI’s energy usage, data center capacity, semiconductor manufacturing, and grid capacity, sources familiar with the meeting confirmed to CNBC.

Leaders at OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google and several American power and utility companies met Thursday at the White House to discuss the future of artificial intelligence energy infrastructure in the U.S., sources familiar with the meeting told CNBC.

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