Trump Official Who Wants Data Centers on Public Lands Has Tens of Millions Invested in AI Industry

Trump Official Who Wants Data Centers on Public Lands Has Tens of Millions Invested in AI Industry

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who is heavily invested in the AI industry, is leading the charge to allow tech companies to build data centers on the public lands he oversees.

Top official leading U.S. AI expansion has up to $64 million in industry investments

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum holds between $18.1 million and $64.4 million in AI company investments through his co-founded firm Arthur Ventures. Burgum serves as the White House’s point person on building AI infrastructure on public lands he oversees. At least 380 of President Trump’s political appointees or their spouses hold stock in Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company due to AI. The Bureau of Land Management is reviewing permits f…

BURGUM PUSHES FOR DATA CENTERS ON PUBLIC LANDS

This article was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.