Data centers are expected to continue growing at a breakneck pace, doubling their power demand by 2029, according to a new report from JLL. The industry’s

President Biden has signed an executive order allowing federal lands to be used for data center buildouts and supporting clean energy facilities. Brian Singer, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research Global Head of GS Sustain,

The rapid growth and huge electricity needs spawned by the artificial intelligence revolution spurs a directive to lease federal sites owned by Defense and Energy departments for power supply centers.

Under this Executive Order, AI companies can apply to lease federal land from the DoD and DoE to build AI data centers.

President Biden issued an executive order today aimed at speeding the development of AI data centers in the US. It directs the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Energy (DOE) to lease federal sites to private companies building gigawatt-scale AI data centers and clean power facilities.

Developers will be required to use clean power sources to fully meet the sky-high energy demands of several new data centers.

The executive order directs the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy to lease federal sites to companies building AI infrastructure.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed an ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence that seeks to ensure the infrastructure needed for advanced AI operations, such as large-scale data centers and new clean power facilities,