Author Archives: Paul Steidler
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For lower electricity prices, build baby build (The Center Square)
April 14, 2026- Paul Steidler Major electricity price problems preceded the AI/data center boom. In fact, data center investments can help reduce consumers’ electricity costs, as has already happened in several states. America’s electric power policy-making process is broken. There are vicious local and national [Read More...] -
Social Conservatives Should Have Melania’s Back on AI
April 9, 2026- Paul Steidler By Paul Steidler: Last week, First Lady Melania Trump again demonstrated that she is one of the most effective advocates for the responsible use of AI among children and that there are many reasons to be enthusiastic about its ability [Read More...] -
Feds, Not States, Must Regulate AI for America to Compete (NH Journal and Syndicated)
April 8, 2026- Paul Steidler “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing,” famously said Stephen Covey, the renowned organizational consultant. With AI legislation, what matters most is common sense. That means first not killing, or stagnating, the benefits of AI [Read More...] -
Government Shouldn’t Dictate How Online Markets Operate (From RealClearMarkets)
April 6, 2026- Paul Steidler They’re back! Special interest groups across the political spectrum are pushing Congress to reintroduce the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA), which would get the federal government into dictating how large online retailers conduct their business. A similar measure has been [Read More...] -
A Provocative U.S. Challenge to the EU for a Tech Reset
April 1, 2026- Paul Steidler By Paul Steidler: In a powerful, riveting, and at times emotional speech today, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg urged the European Union to make fundamental economic reforms regarding its tech and AI policies. This is [Read More...] -
Why Democrats Will Shun the Sanders Ocasio-Cortez Data Center Bill
March 26, 2026- Paul Steidler By Paul Steidler: Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders of Vermont, with support from Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, yesterday introduced legislation that will require an indefinite moratorium on the building of data centers “to ensure the safety of humanity.” While the proposal has [Read More...] -
Pausing Data Centers Is Wrong For NY (From Crain’s New York Business)
March 18, 2026- Paul Steidler New York is a great state that, throughout its history, has immensely prospered by taking sensible risks. Today, though, New York risks becoming a second-tier state as the AI revolution, and its promises of vast medical and other advances, unfold. [Read More...] -
The High Costs and Dangers of Permitting Delays (From The National Interest)
March 17, 2026- Paul Steidler If the United States cannot reform its permitting process, decade-long delays will hold back the infrastructure needed to compete with China on AI. In America, it was once common to build major public infrastructure projects quickly, of high quality, with [Read More...] -
Google Closes on Wiz Acquisition
March 11, 2026- Paul Steidler By Paul Steidler: There is significant news today in the antitrust, cybersecurity, and cloud storage realms: Google has completed its major acquisition of Wiz, a leading cloud and #AI security company founded in Israel. The $32 billion acquisition is Google’s [Read More...] -
Why Today’s White House Pledge Agreement on Electric Rates Matters
March 4, 2026- Paul Steidler By Paul Steidler: President Donald Trump took a break from prosecuting the war with Iran Wednesday afternoon to meet with leaders of seven tech companies building AI data centers and secure pledges that these projects will not lead to increased [Read More...]