Dive Brief:

• The White House published an artificial intelligence “action plan” last week that calls for cutting regulations and the construction of more data centers and energy assets to power them.
• To that end, the administration “will continue to reject radical climate dogma and bureaucratic red tape” by recommending categorical exclusions from certain environmental regulations for data centers and expediting related permitting. 
• The plan says the United States must prevent the “premature decommissioning” of critical power generation resources and “explore innovative ways to harness existing capacity, such as leveraging extant backup power sources to bolster grid reliability during peak demand.”

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