Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving hundreds of billions of dollars in domestic investment and consumer surplus, but ongoing U.S. leadership is threatened by a surging China and a suffocating patchwork of state overregulation, including a surprising not in my back yard (NIMBY) movement […]
Something strange is happening in the American debate over data centers. The arguments showing up at state and local hearings in Maine, Ohio, and Oklahoma — that AI infrastructure is too expensive, too dirty, too dangerous — are the same arguments showing up on Chinese and Russian state television, almost word for word. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
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. […]
When President Trump takes the podium for tonight’s State of the Union Address, America’s lead over China in artificial intelligence (AI) will be thinner than most people realize. The two nations are locked in a fierce competition for global AI leadership, and the winner will shape the world’s economy, security, and digital future for decades to come. […]
America’s artificial intelligence (AI) surge is creating millions of high-paying jobs that don’t require a college degree – from plumbers, electricians, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) professionals, and energy workers to the skilled trades that build and maintain critical infrastructure. […]
In Washington and in the media, there’s a growing narrative that voters are clamoring for tougher regulation of technology and artificial intelligence (AI). That narrative is false – and the data is clear. As the 2026 midterms approach, Americans are focused on the same fundamentals they always are: lowering the cost of living, strengthening jobs and wages, and protecting the country’s economic and national security. […]
As electricity bills rise, Americans have heard a familiar refrain: artificial intelligence (AI) and data centers are to blame. From media headlines to the campaign trail, AI has become a convenient scapegoat. […]