OpenAI, Blackstone, Softbank form US data center lobbying group —American Infrastructure Alliance's first job is stop states from blocking AI data center

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OpenAI, Softbank, Blackstone, and construction unions have formed a lobbying group

The American Infrastructure Alliance will support efforts to build data centers where local opposition is strong

Opposition groups have called for a moratorium on new data centers, with existing research suggesting promises of long-term jobs are far-fetched

Challenges to data center development in the US are about to have the battle weighted against them with the unveiling of the American Infrastructure Alliance (AIA), a group of…