**AI Industry Pushes for Energy Infrastructure Overhaul**

Executives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft met at the White House on Sept. 12 to discuss the urgent need for robust energy infrastructure to support AI and high-performance computing. Key figures like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman highlighted that America's aging energy grid can't meet the sector's massive demands.

Goldman Sachs predicts a 160% surge in data center power needs by 2030 due to AI. OpenAI claims that upgrading infrastructure will create jobs and keep the U.S. at the forefront of innovation. Failure to act, they warn, could pose a national security risk.

Indiana is stepping up, promising ample energy and water resources to attract Big Tech investments, already totaling $14 billion for data center facilities.