The incoming president can challenge actions on offshore drilling, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity intelligence.

Under the new rules, the departments of Defense and Energy will each identify at least three sites where the private sector can build AI data centers.

The executive order seeks to ensure the infrastructure needed for advanced AI operations can be built quickly and at scale.

President Biden will sign an executive order Tuesday aimed at reducing barriers to construct new data centers and the accompanying energy infrastructure needed to power the development of artificial intelligence (AI).

The rapid growth and huge electricity needs spawned by the artificial intelligence revolution spurs a directive to lease federal sites owned by Defense and Energy departments for power supply centers.

Developers will be required to use clean power sources to fully meet the sky-high energy demands of several new data centers.

President Biden's latest executive would identify up to six federal sites where private AI data centers could be constructed. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

President Joe Biden today signed an executive order that will make federal lands available for artificial intelligence data centers. The order also seeks to support green energy projects that can meet those facility power requirements.