Executive Order 14318: Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure

What the order contains

Section headings exactly as they appear in the official text.

• Sec. 1. Policy and Purpose
• Sec. 2. Definitions
• Sec. 3. Encouraging Qualifying Projects
• Sec. 4. Revocation of Executive Order 14141
• Sec. 5. Efficient Environmental Reviews
• Sec. 6. Efficiency and Transparency Through FAST-41
• Sec. 7. Streamlining of Permitting Review
• Sec. 8. Biological and Water Permitting Efficiencies
• Sec. 9. Federal Lands Availability
• Sec. 10. General Provisions

Section 1, quoted from the order

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My Administration has inaugurated a golden age for American manufacturing and technological dominance. We will pursue bold, large- scale industrial plans to vault the United States further into the lead on critical manufacturing processes and technologies that are essential to national security, economic prosperity, and scientific leadership. These plans include artificial intelligence (AI) data centers and infrastructure that powers them, including high-voltage transmission lines and other equipment. It will be a priority of my Administration to facilitate the rapid and efficient buildout of this infrastructure by easing Federal regulatory burdens. In addition, my Administration will utilize federally owned land and resources for the expeditious and orderly development of data centers. […]

Federal Register notes

Revokes: EO 14141, January 14, 2025