The case for building US data centers while addressing local costs

In a post about his Financial Times essay, the author argues that building US data centers would give policymakers more control over local impacts and economic benefits than shifting construction overseas. He calls for policies to steer them toward clean energy and domestic manufacturing, citing research he published with SIEPR that says data centers support 300,000 permanent manufacturing jobs. He also argues that US computing capacity could provide leverage in AI safety talks with China.