Just a few years ago, most Americans had barely heard the term “artificial intelligence.”
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Americans → hear → term
Today, it is already changing daily life.
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it → change → life
An AI model can spot the signs of pancreatic cancer up to three years earlier than conventional methods.
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model → spot → methods
An AI sepsis-alert system cleared by the Food and Drug Administration is cutting hospital deaths by nearly one-fifth.
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system → clear → fifth
Banks are using AI to stop fraud before it drains a family’s savings, and cities like Phoenix are testing AI-run traffic signals that are already shortening commute times at some of their worst intersections.
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that → use → intersections
None of it happens without data centers, and data centers are not built by one type of company.
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centers → happen → company
It takes the investors financing the projects, the utilities and power producers keeping the grid reliable as demand climbs, and the hyperscalers running the models, plus many more layers of different types of companies in between, all working together with local communities.
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all → take → communities
Building data centers across the United States is how America wins the global AI race against China.
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America → build → China
That future depends on trust.
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future → depend → trust
Families in the towns where these projects break ground have every right to ask hard questions about land use, water, jobs, noise, and the price of electricity.
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projects → break → electricity
The AI Infrastructure Coalition, which we co-chair, does not believe the choice is between AI leadership and protecting the communities that host data centers.
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that → co → centers
That is why we commit to five Community Principles that will guide data-center development across the country.
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that → commit → country
Our membership runs the length of the AI tech stack.
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membership → run → stack
This includes the investors financing the buildout, the utilities and power producers keeping the lights on, the companies building and operating the data centers themselves, and the hyperscalers running the models on top of it all.
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This → include → it
The major players from across the entire industry are all agreeing to the same rules, setting a gold standard for building not only data centers, but trust with communities across the United States.
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players → agree → States
Data centers will bear the full cost of the energy they use, so those costs aren’t passed on to other customers.
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costs → bear → customers
That means building, bringing, or paying the full cost of new generation and transmission to their facilities, and working with utility partners on large-load rate structures that make sure every large load, including data centers, pays the costs it causes.
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it → mean → costs
It also means coordinating with grid operators to help keep the grid reliable and the lights on for everyone.
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lights → mean → everyone
Data centers will give back to the communities that host them, helping fund local priorities like recreation centers, schools, roads, hospitals, and first responders, or helping lower property taxes.
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that → give → taxes
Done right, a data center should grow a local economy, not just occupy land in it.
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center → do → it
Operators will invest in advanced cooling technology that saves tens of millions of gallons of water per year, put money into local water infrastructure, and pursue water replenishment where it’s feasible, recognizing that water availability in the desert Southwest isn’t the same as it is along the Gulf Coast.
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it → invest → Coast
Companies will prioritize hiring residents of the communities where they build, backing the technical education and workforce-training programs that prepare people for careers in technology and the skilled trades.
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that → prioritize → technology
The industry needs hundreds of thousands more electricians, HVAC technicians, and other skilled tradespeople.
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industry → need → electricians
Earning that support means engaging local leaders and residents early, listening to what they have to say, being appropriately transparent throughout, and staying respectful of their concerns and their quality of life.
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they → earn → life
A community that feels informed is a very different partner than one that feels steamrolled.
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that → feel → one
Washington, not to mention those gathered on social media and around dinner tables across America, has spent the better part of the past two years arguing about whether AI is good or bad for America.
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AI → mention → America
That’s the wrong debate.
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That → ’ → ?
AI developed and built in America will benefit every family in one way or another.
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AI → develop → way
The real question is whether we build the infrastructure in a way families can trust, from the companies financing America’s AI future to the utility flipping the switch.
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families → build → switch
America does not have to choose between AI leadership and protecting local communities.
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America → have → communities
In fact, lasting AI leadership requires getting the community piece right.
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piece → last → fact
That’s what our pledge is all about.
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pledge → ’ → what
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