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Experts: Greater Energy Production Needed to Support AI

Subcommittee hearing discussed future energy needs for AI infrastructure.

Blake Ledbetter

Blake Ledbetter

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Experts: Greater Energy Production Needed to Support AI
Screenshot of Information Technology Industry Council CEO Jason Oxman from House Commerce Subcommittee hearing Wednesday

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2025 – The need to shore up energy availability for artificial intelligence infrastructure such as data centers was highlighted at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Wednesday.

The first hearing of the Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee in the 119th Congress focused on the future of AI and manufacturing.

Jason Oxman, CEO of the Information Technology Industry Council, a technology trade association, raised the prospect of expanded energy production needs. 

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