Microsoft, OpenAI to urge senators to speed power supply permitting, boost government data access

Microsoft and other AI leaders on Thursday will urge US lawmakers to streamline federal permitting for artificial intelligence energy needs and open more government data sets for AI training, according to written testimony reviewed by Reuters. “America’s advanced economy relies on 50-year-old infrastructure that cannot meet the increasing electricity demands driven by AI, reshoring of manufacturing, and increased electrification,” Microsoft President Brad Smith’s written testimony says for a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on “Winning the AI Race”.

…