President Biden issued an executive order to permit data centers on federal lands in a move aimed at bolstering clean energy and protecting national security during a boom in artificial intelligence

For power procurement in the data center sector, 2024 was a landmark year. Energy demand from data centers has continued to rise, leading operators and the utilities that supply them to adopt an “all of the above” approach to quench their energy needs.

Facebook’s parent company is building Minnesota’s first mega data center in Rosemount to house its fast-growing need for computing muscle. Amazon and Microsoft bought land for large data centers near Xcel Energy’s soon-retiring coal plant in Becker.

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.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order today opening federal land to data centers, setting up a key test on energy policy for the next As I write this morni

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,

Under the new rules, the departments of Defense and Energy will each identify at least three sites where the private sector can build AI data centers.