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Powering the Future: America's Leadership in Energy and AI Starts Here

The Hamm Institute for American Energy brought together the greatest minds across energy, technology, academia, and policy to discuss challenges and solutions to one of the most pressing issues of our time- how to power AI. The one-day Powering AI: Global Leadership Summit laid the groundwork for a national blueprint to meet the rapidly growing energy demands of the AI era. The American Energy + AI Initiative is a bold, actionable plan to secure U.S. dominance in the AI-powered economy.

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Why This Matters

The Race to Lead the AI Revolution is On—And the Key to Winning is Energy.

Artificial intelligence is rewriting the rules of global competitiveness, and the United States must lead. But AI’s future isn’t just a matter of code and algorithms, it’s about power. Without abundant, reliable, and affordable energy, America risks ceding technological and economic leadership to competitors with misaligned values. The demand is coming, U.S. energy and manufacturing must rise to meet it.

“Whoever controls scalable, reliable energy infrastructure will control AI’s future.”
— Jack Clark, Anthropic

The American AI + Energy Initiative
Our Plan to Secure America’s Future Leadership:

Align Industry, Government, and Academia
Build a unified strategy through expert roundtables and national collaboration.
Accelerate Energy and AI Innovation
Leverage the Hamm Institute Lab as a premier testing ground for next-generation energy solutions.
Establish AI Computation Hubs
We will work with partners to support the creation of federally designated computation hubs powered by resilient energy infrastructure.
Streamline Approvals for Critical Infrastructure
Lead national efforts to eliminate bottlenecks and fast-track essential projects.
Reshore American Manufacturing Leadership
We will align AI and energy strategies to accelerate U.S. manufacturing capacity of critical infrastructure components.