US Energy Secretary Open to Foreign Funding for AI Data Centers
- Overseas financing needs ‘some boundaries,’ Granholm said
- OpenAI CEO has looked to raise billions for AI infrastructure
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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm signaled she’s open to tech companies receiving foreign investment to build data centers in the US, potentially adding a key voice of support for OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman’s effort to line up overseas investors for costly AI infrastructure projects.
“Money is green,” Granholm said at a conference hosted by the Special Competitive Studies Project on Thursday, in response to a question about whether the US government cares where the capital comes from. “As long as there’s some boundaries on them, I think it’s fine.”