Biden Uses Last-Minute AI Executive Order To Force More Green Energy Onto The Grid
Thomas English
Contributor
January 14, 2025
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Tuesday, just six days before he leaves office, that aims to bolster the United States’ artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and “accelerate the clean energy transition.”
The executive order directs the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to lease federal property to the private sector to build “gigawatt-scale” AI data centers while enlisting the Department of the Interior to “identify lands it manages that are suitable for clean energy.” The move is the latest in a series of last-minute advances for the president’s green energy agenda, which includes a newly-announced crackdown for future offshore oil and gas drilling.
“This Executive Order will direct the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy to lease federal sites where the private sector can build frontier AI infrastructure at speed and scale,” the official White House statement reads. “These efforts are designed to accelerate the clean energy transition in a way that is responsible and respectful to local communities, and in a way that does not impose any new costs on American families.”
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/14/joe-biden-signs-artificial-intelligence-green-energy-executive-order/
