To encourage the rapid build-out of AI data centers, the Plan recommends changes to the environmental review and permitting process to eliminate the need for environmental reviews of data center projects or significantly reduce the burden and time to obtain the needed environmental permits. The Plan recommends the following:

The administration’s “Build, Baby, Build!” approach to AI would also increase reliance on fossil fuels to power the massive server farms Big Tech needs in its race to develop the most powerful forms of artificial intelligence.