On January 14, 2025, President Joseph R. Biden issued an Executive Order aimed at advancing US leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, focusing on the development of AI data centers on federal lands. Developers selected through a solicitation process will have the opportunity to lease select federal lands for constructing AI data centers and the energy infrastructure needed to power them.
The order emphasizes the need for low- or zero-carbon energy resources and offers expedited permitting and approvals to support the rapid growth of AI capabilities across the country. This initiative signals the government’s recognition of AI data centers as crucial to national security, economic competitiveness, and technological advancement and the importance of new energy infrastructure to support their development. Please see our January 21, 2025 Power & Pipes blog post for more detail.