OpenAI calls on U.S. to build 100 gigawatts of additional power-generating capacity per year, increase equivalent to 100 nuclear reactors yearly — says electricity is a ‘strategic asset’ in AI race against China

Off the back of its globe-spanning, near-trillion-dollar infrastructure project announcements, OpenAI is now calling on the US government to invest more heavily in power generation, according to CNBC. Describing electricity as a “strategic asset,” as much as a public utility, OpenAI believes the US needs to build up to 100 gigawatts of additional power-generating capacity per year in order to power the AI race it’s now entered in with China.

“There’s a need for urgent action to prevent the People’s…