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Michael Kratsios: “Creating categorical exclusions for AI-related build outs…”

Featuring: Michael Kratsios, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Science Advisor to the President | National

Unpacking the White House AI Action Plan with OSTP Director Michael Kratsios

Published July 30, 2025 | Video Starts at 46:27

That's what you're going to. And that's kind of what our hope is. I mean, I think one of the big steps that was discussed in the action plan is around Creating categorical exclusions for AI-related build outs under NEPA. So many of you know, NEPA is like a big sort of, you know, elephant that you have to sort of deal with, I guess, when you're trying to build in the United States. (46:27–46:32)

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Asserts that there are efforts to create categorical exclusions under NEPA for AI-related infrastructure.

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