EPA’s Zeldin Announces New Focus to Boost AI, US Automaking
5-Point Plan to Tackle Red Tape That Causes Higher Costs, Delays
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, shown during his confirmation hearing, says, “I have no doubt that we will become the AI capital of the world.” (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg News)
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New U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin is spearheading a five-part “Powering the Great American Comeback” initiative that protects the environment and promotes industrial energy, including for artificial intelligence data centers.
“As we rapidly advance into this new age of AI, it is important that the United States lead the world in this field,” Zeldin announced Feb. 4. “Those looking to invest in and develop AI should be able to do so in the U.S., while we work to ensure data centers and related facilities can be powered and operated in a clean manner with American-made energy. Under President Trump’s leadership, I have no doubt that we will become the AI capital of the world.”
A recent U.S. Department of Energy report by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory forecast significant future energy demand in its “2024 Report on U.S. Data Center Energy Use.” The study noted the pace of energy used by data centers is growing “at an increasing rate” and jumped from 60 terawatt-hours a decade ago to 176 TWh in 2023 — totaling 4…
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