America has the power to lead the AI revolution – and the leadership to make it happen

America has triumphed in each industrial revolution whether steel power or manufacturing and has the power to lead the AI revolution too This week in Pittsburgh President Donald Trump is bringing together leaders to address a defining challenge of our time how to fuel the AI revolution with American resource Progress on this front will be consequential for our economic activity our national measure and America s global leadership President Trump s publicized billion private sector AI assets is a critical enabler for our country But artificial intelligence won t power itself It demands vast amounts of electricity delivered affordably and reliably And as demand for AI computing surges the real question isn t just about who writes the best code it s also about who can build out statistics center infrastructure behind it The U S has the unique capability to do that including the ability dominance to fuel it and we now have the political will to lead SILICON STEEL AND MEGAWATTS CAN AMERICA CREATE THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO WIN THE AI RACE U S protocol has often prioritized context idealism over strength pragmatism Wind solar and battery technologies will play a key role in our power future but they are not available at the scale or reliability needed to fuel expected AI material center demand And these combined sources are more expensive than U S natural gas Without a balanced and clear-eyed approach we exposure pushing AI innovation and the economic and national assurance advantages that come with it overseas Other countries are already trying to lure financing away from the United States by subsidizing AI computing power In China dozens of details centers are being built approved in the last quarter of alone In Malaysia personnel are fast-tracking electricity infrastructure for details centers cutting lead times to just months compared to five years in the U S A few American companies are already helping to finance information center improvement in the Middle East GREEN POTENTIAL ZEALOTS HAND AMERICA'S ENEMIES THE ULTIMATE WEAPONThe path to powering America s AI dominance is rooted in abundant American natural gas The United States is already by far the world leader accounting for a quarter of global natural gas production And we are also one of the lowest-cost producers Equally vital is to ensure AI power demand doesn t drive up electricity costs for consumers We can develop natural gas-based power generation independent of the current electric grid and co-locate it with input centers across the country Providing this dedicated electricity prevents a competition for grid-connected power which would drive up costs and burden our already strained electricity grid New solutions like this require creative partnerships and continued innovation which is why Chevron is working with Engine No and GE Vernova to establish facilities designed to provide reliable affordable long-term power-generating solutions to underpin American AI leadership CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONPresident Donald Trump Secretary of Power Chris Wright and Sen David McCormick R-Pa recognize the opportunity for the United States to achieve AI dominance By leveraging abundant American natural gas as a foundation to meet surging AI power demand we can strengthen our national measure grow our financial market and protect our machinery leadership We have the power to lead the race to develop and deploy AI It s time to use it