AI, Trump and Action Plan
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The set of executive orders promoting the US AI industry were announced shortly after Trump’s AI Action Plan was revealed on Wednesday.
Four federal facilities have been selected to host new artificial intelligence-ready data centers, with help from private sector partners.
OpenAI and Oracle will develop another 4.5 gigawatts of data center capacity, expanding a tie-up that has promised hundreds of billions of dollars in infrastructure investment to keep the U.S. ahead in the global artificial intelligence race.
The electricity needs are massive. But state leaders point to the jobs and economic benefits the data center will bring to an impoverished part of the state. This Q&A will get you up to speed.
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WATE 6 On Your Side on MSNEnergy Department targets Oak Ridge for AI data center developmentData centers for artificial intelligence and energy generation projects could soon be developed on federally-owned land in Oak Ridge, the Department of Energy announced Thursday.
Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is building out some massive data centers to power its AI ambitions and compete with OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic.
In response to the Trump administration's "AI Action Plan," environmental advocates in Indiana, Virginia, and Tennessee said data centers led to higher electricity prices and increased pollution.
Big Tech's billions of dollars in investments into AI data centers helped power Nvidia's massive growth over the past few years, but Wall Street is looking to see how much that spending is paying off.