"The EPA wants to allow some construction for manufacturing facilities and power plants before obtaining Clean Air Act construction permits. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new measures aimed at speeding construction of infrastructure needed for the rapid buildup of data centres for artificial intelligence that would enable companies to start building before obtaining air permits. The EPA announced its new proposal on Tuesday."
"It comes six months after the EPA announced an initiative called Powering the Great American Comeback that prioritised the agency's focus on rapidly building power generation to meet soaring demand from data centres. For years, Clean Air Act permitting has been an obstacle to innovation and growth, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said. We are continuing to fix this broken system."
The EPA has proposed measures to permit some construction for manufacturing facilities and power plants to start before obtaining Clean Air Act construction permits. The proposal would allow companies to begin non-emissions-related work to accelerate infrastructure needed for rapid expansion of artificial intelligence data centres. The effort follows an initiative prioritising fast power generation buildout to meet soaring data centre demand and is presented as addressing permitting barriers to innovation and growth. The move challenges aspects of the New Source Review programme, which currently prohibits construction of major facilities before air permits are obtained.
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