US AI giants meet with senior White House officials to discuss AI infrastructure needs

According to Mars Finance, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Huang Renxun met with senior Biden administration officials and other industry leaders at the White House on Thursday to discuss how to meet the huge infrastructure needs of artificial intelligence projects. According to people familiar with the matter, attendees from the technology industry also included Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Google President Ruth Porat and Microsoft President Brad Smith. On the government side, officials such as Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, President's National Security Advisor Sullivan and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm attended. Representatives from the energy industry also attended. A White House official said the discussion revolved around strengthening public-private cooperation in the development of artificial intelligence data centers in the United States. People familiar with the matter said that topics discussed included facility licensing, labor, electricity needs and their economic impact.