Imagine two teams preparing for a world championship. One arrives with a full game plan. Coaches, players, and management are aligned around a single strategy. […]
American Edge Project Releases 2026 Toolkit to Secure U.S. AI Leadership
As the United States and China compete for global artificial intelligence (AI) leadership, AEP’s new toolkit offers actionable guidance for Congress and federal agencies to solidify America’s competitive edge in the global technology race and ensure the United States reaps the value and benefits of AI. Highlighting critical national security, workforce, healthcare and education needs, this new resource makes it clear that AI is the future and America must lead. […]
Calvert County’s Data Center Decision Is a Model for the Rest of America
All across America, rural counties face the same concerning math: large federal and state funding cuts, local tax bases that can’t keep up with the cost of schools, roads and public safety, and young families and jobs heading for the exits. […]
AI Isn’t the Future of Our National Security. It’s the Present.
America and China are racing for technological supremacy, and the margin is razor thin. Today, tech supremacy is increasingly synonymous with artificial intelligence (AI) leadership […]
Maine’s Moratorium Hinders Manufacturing
Maine’s proposed moratorium on new data centers sends exactly the wrong signal at the wrong time. Maine has lived through the loss of its industrial base, from paper mills to its manufacturing economy. […]
Banning Data Centers Hurts America & Our Local Communities
America has a long history of building the infrastructure that powered our future — from railroads to the interstate highway system to the internet. At each moment, there were real concerns and real debates. But we chose to build, and those decisions paid off in economic growth, national security, and global leadership. […]
Energy supply is the key to the AI race with China
Energy abundance could be the deciding factor in whether America or China wins the race for global artificial intelligence leadership. Right now, China is surging in that race — and they’re winning it on the power grid, not just in the lab. […]
Misguided Regulations Could Hand China Control of Our Internet
To prevent fragmented AI regulation and losing global tech leadership to China, Congress should codify the Trump administration’s AI Action Plan into a national framework. Top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) launched the country’s 15th Five-Year Plan, which features artificial intelligence (AI) as a central strategy to strengthen China’s economy and military. […]
China’s Tech Leadership Playbook Is Hiding in Plain Sight
China’s playbook to overtake the United States in technology, especially artificial intelligence (AI), is not being written in secret. Beijing is executing it in plain sight for the world to see. Here are five recent stories that reveal the strategy China is pursuing and why U.S. policymakers should pay attention. […]
From Local Paychecks to Global Power: The Importance of America’s AI Infrastructure
While American lawmakers debate new limits on artificial intelligence (AI) and the data centers that power it, something very real is happening in communities across this country: The AI boom is creating local jobs. […]