Overview

• Federal agencies have been directed to identify and repeal regulations, including environmental review requirements, that could delay data center and semiconductor factory approvals.
• Permitting processes and zoning laws are being streamlined or bypassed to accelerate construction of high-capacity AI infrastructure projects.
• Federal funding for AI-related programs will be contingent on states maintaining favorable regulatory climates, incentivizing jurisdictions to loosen local AI restrictions.
• The administration is developing secure-by-design standards and a proposed AI Information Sharing and Analysis Center to strengthen cyber resilience for critical systems.
• Critics caution that the rapid deregulation approach may undermine worker protections and environmental safeguards while potential semiconductor tariff proposals could raise component costs.