Trump says US needs double the energy it has to power AI

Trump said he would give emergency declarations to allow companies working on AI to start building plants "almost immediately" given intensive competition with China.

By Reuters | Updated: Jan 23, 2025, 11.34 PM IST

Delegates to the World Economic Forum watch Donald Trump's inauguration as U.S. President on a giant screen at the Ukraine House, on the opening day of the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

The United States needs double the energy it has to power rapidly emerging artificial intelligence operations, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday.

Trump said he would give emergency declarations to allow companies working on AI to start building plants "almost immediately" given intensive competition with China.

"The big problem is we need double the energy we currently have in the United States, can you imagine, for AI to really be as big as we want to have it," Trump told the World Economic Forum in Davis, Switzerland, by video link.

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