Trump and Biden have differing views on the new artificial intelligence chip restrictions
In Defense of the First Biden Administration: The Use of Artificial Intelligence in American Embedded Devices, Computers and Data Centers
“The first Trump Administration laid the foundation for America’s current strength and success in AI, fostering an environment where US industry could compete and win on merit without compromising national security,” reads Nvidia’s statement. New Biden rules would weaken America’s global competitiveness, and undermine innovation that has kept the US ahead.
China and Russia are currently subject to existing trade restrictions that make it difficult for them to get or develop their own artificial intelligence technology. The US and its allies want to keep transformational artificial intelligence under their control, including the UK, Canada, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. All other countries will be subject to caps that restrict AI chip imports.
The development of new tool for artificial intelligence is taking up a lot of energy. It’s worth the risk of derailing US climate goals and putting additional pressure on already stressed power grids for the Biden administration to think it’s worth it.
New data center rules aim to keep the development of the most advanced AI models within the borders of the United States and its partners. According to New York Times, Microsoft president Brad Smith made a statement saying that the company could fulfill the technology needs of countries that rely on it.
That includes constructing the data center itself, as well as power facilities and transmission lines. Companies will be responsible for sourcing electricity that data centers use from new sources of “clean” electricity. They will have to look into the security implications of models developed at federal sites, and purchase an appropriate share of American-made semiconductors.
The senators sent a letter asking you to reconsider any executive action that could lead to increased pollution and costs. There is no doubt that the United States of America will be able to win the Artificial Intelligence race while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The Role of Data Centers in the Decline of Electricity Prices in U.S. Power and Environmental Demand for Artificial Intelligence
The amount of electricity demand from the data centers has tripled over the past decade according to the estimates published by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. It’s likely to double or triple again by 2028, according to the report. Data centers use as much as 12 percent of US electricity by the year 2028, which is an increase from the current 4%.
Developers building new AI data centers on federal land will be required “to pay all costs of building and operating AI infrastructure so that this development does not raise electricity prices for consumers,” according to the White House.
Johanna Neumann, a senior director at the Environment America Research & Policy Center said in a December 19th statement that in the race to dominate artificial intelligence we must not lose sight of the real battle against pollution that is warming our planet and harming our health.
