DPO Data Center rendering. Image courtesy: Digital Power Optimization, Inc.
WASHINGTON, D.C, (WSAU) – One of the most prominent Democrats in the U.S. Senate has formally come out in support of President Trump’s policies on artificial intelligence and data center expansion.
In a post on X on Saturday, U.S. Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania criticized local governments and states for using “political pandering” and “AI doomsdaying,” claiming that the Chinese Communist Party benefits from the US’s “overreaction” to the Trump administration’s plan to compete with China’s rapidly expanding AI infrastructure.
“AI supremacy and energy dominance underpins our national security,” Fetterman wrote in his post and added, “America must lead in the development of AI; otherwise we live under China’s rules. That must not happen.”
President Trump’s administration has spoken extensively about the importance of building safe and reliable AI infrastructure, with President Trump recently stating on Friday, “The data center subject to me is a pretty simple one. If you pick the right location — and it’s got to be — not every location’s perfect for it. But if you pick the right location, it means jobs, lots of money, and lower taxes for a community. And the data centers now are mandated by me that they build their own electricity, so they’re not taking it from the grid.”
The Chinese Communist Party has invested nearly $300 billion in building data centers across China under the “Eastern Data, Western Computing” strategy. The strategy aims to develop infrastructure in rural areas, including underwater data centers, which experts claim will reduce power consumption by over 20%. China’s effort stems from recent studies that predict AI demand in China and throughout the world will expand by more than 500 times by 2030.
This projection is on track to be a low estimate, as AI token processing has climbed by more than 300% since 2024, and major tech companies such as Google and Microsoft say that first-party agent usage has increased 6 times year over year.
As of May, the United States leads the globe in data center building, with 5,427 finished projects, accounting for 46% of the total. Meanwhile, the next highest concentrations are in Germany (529), the United Kingdom (523), China (449), and Canada (337).
Comments