President Biden issued a new executive order Thursday aimed at speeding the construction of artificial intelligence data centers on federal sites.

Biden wants to roll out more powerful AI data centers across the US “Frontier AI data centers” will be able to develop powerful AI models Operators must also factor in clean energy and security measures US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to expedite the construction of data centers in the country.

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

The government already leases federal lands for energy production, including fossil fuel exploration and renewable energy projects. Under the executive order, by February 28th, the Secretary of Defense and Secretary of Energy are supposed to find at least three sites each to host new AI data centers on land that their departments manage.

Data center developers using federal land would be required to also build clean energy generation to power the facilities.

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.