EPA’s Brownfields Office Advancing Criteria To Locate AI Data Centers

EPA’s brownfields office is developing criteria for locating data centers needed for President Trump’s push to bolster artificial intelligence (AI), with agency officials saying upcoming guidance will refrain from pinpointing particular sites while still likely giving weight to areas with access to power and water. The agency’s Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization, as well as some staff in the newly formed Office of Superfund and Emergency Management (OSEM), is developing criteria “that we’ll use to identify what may be...