The Trump administration is accelerating its push to build data centers on federally controlled land — allowing developers and utility companies to sidestep permitting battles and community backlash. Building data centers on federal sites has been a main goal of the Trump administration’s push to accelerate the pace of AI development. Another project on federal land, a combination of gas generators and a 10-gigawatt data center, was announced in southern Ohio this year. Federal officials are leasing land to SB Energy for that project, which DOE is branding as the world’s largest AI data center. The administration is attempting to help private companies build data centers on public lands as well, but facing bigger roadblocks.