China is building power. America is still debating it.

China is building power. America is still debating it.

The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced that it is turning old federal land — including Cold War uranium sites, closed military facilities, and other public parcels — into part of the physical backbone of America’s artificial intelligence buildout, pairing new data centers with the power generation needed to run them. The projects could also create new domestic jobs.Critics will focus on the benefits to big technology companies. The lar…