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Joe Biden signs executive order to speed AI data center construction


Developing new AI tools is an increasingly energy-hungry endeavor.

Electricity demand from data centers has tripled over the past decade, according to estimates published by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) on December 20th. They’ll also have to assess the security implications of AI models developed at federal sites and purchase “an appropriate share” of American-made semiconductors. “Without those guardrails, AI’s insatiable thirst for energy risks crashing America’s efforts to get off dirty and dangerous fossil fuels,”Neumann added.

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