US President Joe Biden has signed Executive Order to accelerate the development of data centers to enable AI, while also ensuring the new facilities are powered by emissions-free electricity. The order directs the US Department of Defense (DOD) and US Department of Energy (DOE) to lease federal sites to the private sector (via a competitive bid process) for building, owning and operating gigawatt-scale AI data centres and power generation facilities, and “to facilitate this infrastructure’s interconnection to the electric grid, fulfill permitting obligations expeditiously, and advance transmission development around federal sites.”
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