The AI Land Rush

Fast-tracked permitting, deregulation, and chip-access decisions benefiting AI and data-center operators, alongside the industry's escalating political spending.

Ranked by appearances across this topic's actions.

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  Donald Trump

  Benefited from the $25 million donation to MAGA Inc., the super PAC organized in his support.
  3 actions
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  Greg Brockman

  Co-donated $25 million with his wife Anna Brockman to MAGA Inc., a super PAC supporting President Trump, framing the contribution as advancing pro-AI policy goals.
  2 actions
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  Jensen Huang

  Met with President Trump to negotiate export license terms; successfully pushed the revenue-sharing rate down from Trump's initial ask of 20% to 15%, enabling Nvidia to re-enter the China AI chip market.
  1 action

Ranked by appearances across this topic's actions.

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  AMD

  Received U.S. export licenses to sell its MI308 AI chips to China under the same 15% revenue-sharing condition, though AMD was not mentioned by Trump in his public remarks about the deal.
  1 action
• Council on Environmental Quality

  Directed to coordinate with agencies on establishing new NEPA categorical exclusions to facilitate construction of Qualifying Projects.
  1 action
• Department of Commerce

  Directed to launch a financial support initiative for Qualifying Projects including loans, loan guarantees, grants, tax incentives, and offtake agreements, and to determine which Project Sponsors qualify.
  1 action
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  Department of Defense

  Directed to identify suitable sites on military installations for data center and covered component infrastructure and to competitively lease available lands for Qualifying Projects.
  1 action
• Department of Energy

  Directed to identify and offer authorizations for suitable federal energy land sites for Qualifying Projects and to bear publication costs for the order.
  1 action
• Department of the Interior

  Directed to identify and offer authorizations for suitable federal land sites for data center development, in consultation with the Department of Commerce.
  1 action
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  Environmental Protection Agency

  Directed by the order to expedite permitting under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Superfund statutes, and to develop guidance for reuse of Brownfield and Superfund sites for Qualifying Projects.
  1 action
• Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council

  Directed to designate Qualifying Projects as transparency or covered projects under FAST-41 and publish expedited review schedules on the Permitting Dashboard.
  1 action
• Leading the Future

  Received $25 million from the Brockmans with an additional $25 million pledged for 2026 to fund its mission of opposing politicians who threaten AI development.
  1 action
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  Make America Great Again Inc.

  Received a $25 million donation from Greg and Anna Brockman to support President Trump.
  1 action
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  Nvidia

  Received U.S. export licenses to resume sales of its H20 AI chips to China in exchange for agreeing to pay the federal government 15% of revenue from those China sales.
  1 action

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• Consumer Goods & Hospitality
• Cryptocurrency
• Defense & Aerospace
• Energy & Environment
• Federal Government
• Financial Services
• Media & Entertainment
• Political Committees & Political Money
• Private Foundations & Donor Networks
• Technology & AI
• Telecommunications
• Trump Family Business