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Experts Discuss Importance of Data Centers to Innovation

Data Centers are essential to responding to the AI demand and keeping up with foreign countries, panelists say.

Abby Larkin

Jun 8, 2026 — 2 min read

Screenshot of panelists left to right: Matt Pearl, CSIS Director of Strategic Technologies; Aalock Mehta, CSIS Director of the Wadhwani AI Center; Phillip Luck, Director of the CSIS Economics Program; and Joseph Majkut, CSIS Director of the Energy, Security and Climate Change Program.

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2026 – The United States is facing competition from China in the race to establish data center dominance.

In a webinar hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies on Thursday, experts discussed the importance of data centers for global competitiveness and national security.

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