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Members press OSTP on data center impacts, energy needs and AI workforce plans
Summary
Lawmakers questioned OSTP Director Kratios about data center siting, energy and water impacts, incentives for liquid cooling, and the administration's AI education and workforce initiatives; Kratios pointed to private commitments and existing agency programs while urging Congress to fund sustainable pipelines.
Members across the committee raised local concerns about data centers and the energy required to run large AI infrastructure. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (McBride) said constituents worry data centers will strain Delaware’s energy and water supplies and asked whether the administration is incentivizing liquid cooling technologies; Kratios praised such technologies…
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