Former President Donald Trump said in an interview published on Monday that American artificial intelligence (AI) companies will need nuclear gas and nuclear power to beat Chinese competitors.
in Interview In an interview with Shawn Ryan on the Shawn Ryan Show, Trump said: Natural Gas The United States will also need to expand nuclear power generation to meet the surge in electricity demand driven by technology companies building new power-hungry data centers needed to enable AI technology. Providing cheap, reliable electricity to America's AI innovators will enable American companies to compete with, and potentially beat, Chinese companies in the race for dominance in this critical technology, President Trump said.
“How are you going to compete with China in artificial intelligence if you don't increase your energy production?” Ryan asked Trump.
Trump began his response by calling Vice President Kamala Harris a “Marxist” and claiming that he doesn't believe American tech companies can compete with Chinese companies if her administration sets U.S. energy policy. He also spoke about how much electricity will be needed to sustain the AI boom that is making the U.S. a global leader in technology. (RELATED: 'Devastating': Power grid chief warns of Biden's sweeping power plant restrictions)
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“If we don't become a big player, China can easily take over that industry. And the problem is, we have to produce a ton of electricity and we can't do it. But the environmental impact assessments don't allow us to do it. The current rules and regulations don't allow us to do even a small portion of it at all,” Trump said.
“But if I'm president, we'll get it done. And we'll do it through clean natural gas, primarily natural gas and nuclear power. You know, nuclear power is so good now, so safe,” Trump continued. “We'll build small plants and hook them up. But nuclear power is so powerful, so good. … We'll produce a tremendous amount of electricity for the country. And that will allow AI to compete. You're right, whoever gets it, that's going to be a huge advantage. You know, it's going to be like the oil of the future. And we have to be the main players in it.” (Related article: Big tech's AI dreams and Democrats' electrification push will keep more coal running for longer.)
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Data centers are the main driver of the estimated increase in future electricity demand over the next few years, complemented by other policies driving electrification. According to Nearly every regional electricity market in the country has raised its forecasts for annual electricity demand growth over the five-year period from 2022 to 2023, with some markets doubling their growth rates, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. According to To the Wall Street Journal.
The Biden administration is also imposing a series of aggressive regulations on power plants that some power grid experts have warned would seriously undermine long-term grid reliability if implemented. Republican state attorneys general and major utilities Industry Associations It sued the federal government, challenging the rules.
Goldman Sachs project U.S. electricity demand is projected to grow approximately 2.4% between 2022 and 2030, with data centers driving an overall increase of 0.9%.
Power grid experts and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Mark Christie are warning with varying degrees of urgency that the United States is retiring reliable fossil fuel-fired power plants faster than they are replacing them, while at the same time pursuing policies that will increase electricity demand in the long term.
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