The last tenderness before leaving office? Biden signs executive order on AI construction to promote green energy and America's technological dominance.

U.S. President Biden will step down on 1/20. In his final moments in office, he signed an executive order on AI infrastructure on 1/14, aiming to strengthen America's global tech leadership and integrate AI development with green energy. This is the 157th executive order during Biden's tenure, leaving a strong mark on his presidency.

Release government land to attract private enterprises to participate in AI construction

In his White House statement on 1/14, Biden emphasized that AI can not only change fields such as healthcare, education, and transportation, but also enhance national defense and the ability to address climate change. At the same time, it is also necessary to promote the integration of AI and green energy. The main purpose of this executive order is to attract private enterprises to participate in AI infrastructure construction through the opening of federal lands. The specific measures are as follows:

Venue Openness and Bidding: The Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Energy (DOE) will select venues with high-capacity grid connections, hold bidding and attract contractors to settle in.

Green energy package: Contractors need to build green energy facilities to meet the power demand of the AI data center, and the Energy Department will provide technical support.

Simplify the environmental impact assessment process: prioritize the environmental impact assessment applications related to AI infrastructure and accelerate the construction progress.

Grid upgrade and access: The Ministry of Energy will assist AI data centers in rapid grid access and promote grid upgrades.

Biden's latest White House statement: Contractors must take full responsibility and support domestic industries

To ensure that infrastructure development projects take into account national security and economic benefits, Biden has also made multiple demands on contractors:

Contractors are required to fully bear the construction costs: including all related expenses for data centers and green energy facilities.

Supporting local supply chain: a certain proportion of American-made semiconductors must be used to support the domestic chip industry.

Accept national security risk assessment: All developed AI models need to undergo national security and technology risk review.

High labor standards: ensure workers receive fair wages and promote good labor relations.

Promote green energy technologies without increasing the burden on families

Biden explicitly stated that the construction cost of AI infrastructure will be fully borne by private enterprises and will not increase the economic burden on ordinary families. At the same time, the development of these infrastructure projects will create more opportunities for the application of green energy technologies, such as geothermal and small modular nuclear reactors. In addition, Biden also instructed the government to cooperate with allies to promote the development of global AI infrastructure and accelerate the application of green energy technologies to consolidate the competitiveness of the United States in the international energy market.

Biden hands over to Trump, new government policy direction attracts attention

With Biden about to step down, the new president, Donald Trump, may introduce multiple new policies after officially taking office on 1/20. The following may be the executive orders signed by Trump on his first day in office regarding cryptocurrencies, with a focus on:

Prohibition of developing central bank digital currency (CBDC).

Move all bitcoin mining industries to the United States.

Establish a strategic reserve of Bitcoin from encrypted assets seized by US law enforcement agencies.

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