U.S. President Biden signed an executive order on artificial intelligence, aimed at ensuring that the United States can quickly and massively build the infrastructure needed for the next generation of artificial intelligence operations. The above executive order requires the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Energy to lease federal sites so that the private sector can quickly and massively build artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Under the new rules, the U.S. Department of Defense and the Department of Energy will each identify at least three locations where the private sector can build artificial intelligence data centers. Senior government officials in the Biden administration said that the agencies will “competitively bid” to private companies to build artificial intelligence data centers on these federal sites.
The Impact of AI on The United States
Biden said in a statement that as AI capabilities grow, its impact on the safety and security of Americans is also increasing. Data centers for training and operating powerful artificial intelligence models will help the United States promote the safe development of artificial intelligence and use artificial intelligence to serve national security. Building artificial intelligence infrastructure is also critical to the continued economic competitiveness of the United States. AI will have a huge impact on our economy, including healthcare, transportation, education and other fields, and it is too important to be offshored.
The huge and growing demand for electricity for large-scale artificial intelligence operations provides new opportunities to enhance the United States’ leadership in clean energy technologies that will power the economy. This infrastructure can and must be built without raising costs for American consumers and supporting continued progress in the commercialization and deployment of clean energy.

Artificial Intelligence Export Control Measures
The day before the signing of the above-mentioned executive order on artificial intelligence, the Biden administration issued export control measures related to artificial intelligence, which further tightened export controls on artificial intelligence chips, model parameters, etc., and also expanded jurisdiction and set obstacles to normal trade.
Nvidia issued a statement criticizing the Biden administration’s export control measures on cutting-edge semiconductors for artificial intelligence (AI), saying that this would “hinder technological innovation and economic growth.” Nvidia rarely criticizes the US government in public statements. The purpose of this move seems to be to call on the incoming Trump administration to relax relevant export controls. Ned Finkel, Nvidia’s vice president of government affairs, issued a statement stating that the Biden administration secretly formulated more than 200 pages of control policies as it was about to leave office, without proper legislative review procedures, intending to weaken US dominance.
The new control measures limit the number of semiconductors exported by US companies to Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Cutting-edge AI semiconductors produced by Nvidia are expected to be subject to control. The move is intended to prevent AI semiconductors from being exported to China via third countries. Nvidia pointed out that regulatory measures are not conducive to strengthening US security, but will only weaken US competitiveness.
The China Semiconductor Industry Association said that recently, the Biden administration of the United States proposed the first global export control rules for artificial intelligence in history, and imposed the zero-sum game mentality of the Cold War on artificial intelligence. It is a naked hegemonic act and a reaction to the historical trend of global scientific and technological development. It is bound to hinder the healthy development of artificial intelligence technology.
Trump’s Attitude
However, like other regulations recently issued by the Biden administration, President-elect Trump may also overturn these new regulations after taking office. For example, the Trump administration is expected to revoke Biden’s previous executive order on the safety and security of artificial intelligence.
However, it is worth mentioning that Trump, like Biden, has identified the development of data centers as a national security priority. He promised to release various forms of energy, including renewable energy, to support the huge demand for artificial intelligence.
Trump announced an investment plan of at least $20 billion to build new data centers across the United States. He said that his partner, UAE billionaire Hussein Sawani, founder of Damac Properties, would make this investment and said it was crucial to maintaining the competitiveness of the United States in the field of emerging technologies. He also said that Savani would double the investment amount or even more if necessary.
According to Trump, the first phase of the plan will be implemented in Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and Indiana, and the data center will mainly support artificial intelligence and cloud technology.
Summary
The mission of artificial intelligence is to serve all mankind and promote the common progress of society. The rise of artificial intelligence technology depends on global scientific and technological collaboration, and countless researchers, enterprises and institutions have jointly promoted its development. The global science and technology industry should strengthen communication and collaboration, and work together to build an open and fair artificial intelligence industry ecosystem, so that the results of artificial intelligence can benefit all mankind and promote society towards a better future.