President Donald Trump’s push to speed up permitting for data centers could strain water resources and yield “potentially devastating” consequences for the environment, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Thursday.
In a post on X, Greene criticized the president’s recent executive order, “Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure,” for pushing for an expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure without regard to data centers’ high consumption of water.
“My deep concerns are that the EO demands rapid AI expansion with little to no guardrails and breaks,” Greene wrote in the post.
It’s not the first time that Greene, a far-right Republican, has clashed with others in MAGA world over AI policies. She also vocally opposed a provision in the reconciliation bill this year that was ultimately taken out that would have prevented states from regulating AI for 10 years.
