Deregulation of energy permitting procedures: Trump Administration removes barriers for AI industry, neutralizing Beijing’s efforts to close the technological gap

On June 27, it was announced that the Trump administration is preparing an executive order to streamline the connection of power plants to grids, allocate federal lands, including those managed by the Departments of Defense and the Interior, for the construction of AI data centers, and establish a nationwide permitting system to reduce regulatory pressure and accelerate the development of AI infrastructure.

The decision to prepare Trump’s executive order on expediting power plant connections and allocating federal lands for data centers is an aggressive attempt to address a critical energy vulnerability of the United States in its race against China for dominance in the artificial intelligence sector.