America’s leadership in artificial intelligence depends on physical infrastructure — high-speed fiber backbones, modern data centers, and clean, abundant energy. INCOMPAS is fighting for permitting reform, interconnection rights, and power capacity that let competitive builders scale AI nationwide.
AI models don't live in the cloud — they run on massive physical systems. INCOMPAS advocates across both sides of the data center to prevent critical bottlenecks.
Gigawatt-scale compute requires continuous, reliable energy procurement and grid expansion.
Hyperscale and edge facilities housing high-density GPU clusters and advanced liquid cooling.
Dark fiber, middle-mile backhaul, and IXPs transporting gigabytes of inference data in milliseconds.
"Winning the global AI race is not just a software challenge — it is a physical race to build networks and power. If America cannot build data centers, lay fiber, and bring new clean energy online quickly, we cede our tech leadership to foreign adversaries."Chip Pickering — CEO, INCOMPAS
Advocating across five critical pillars to overcome regulatory delays and power the future of American AI infrastructure.
Providing dispatchable, continuous baseload power needed immediately to meet gigawatt-scale energy demands and ensure grid stability.
Upgrading high-voltage transmission lines, modernizing grid capacity, and speeding up regional interconnection queues.
Deploying zero-emission Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) co-located with high-density data centers for long-term clean power.
Building dense dark fiber backbones and middle-mile routes needed to transmit high-volume AI workloads with minimal latency.
Securing competitive siting, preventing local moratoriums, and establishing direct grid access for hyperscale and edge facilities.
Every major energy project, from a 5-mile gas lateral to an advanced nuclear small modular reactor, runs through the same broken pipeline of federal, state, and local reviews. We have the engineers. We have the capital. We have the technology. What we don't have is a permitting system built for 2026 and beyond.
The U.S. Department of Energy announced $1.9 billion in investment towards critical grid infrastructure to reduce electricity costs.
Read Official Statement→Submitted formal comments advocating for co-location of data centers and clean power generation on underutilized public lands.
Read The Filing →Advocating for federal preemption over state-level AI moratoriums to ensure a unified, competitive national marketplace.
Read Official Statement →Latest from INCOMPAS
The AI-enabled services that rural hospitals, schools and small businesses increasingly depend on need processing power that lives in data centers. The cloud applications that a family farm uses to manage operations, that a rural clinic uses to deliver telehealth, that a small manufacturer uses to compete globally: all of it runs through data center infrastructure.
Read More→Data centers create the physical infrastructure the community needs to grow and compete in an AI-driven economy.
AI infrastructure refers to the physical networks and power systems that support artificial intelligence software. This includes high-density data centers, fiber optic networks, IXPs, and clean energy generation.
Legacy electrical utility queues currently require 3 to 7 years to approve large load requests. INCOMPAS advocates for grid reconductoring, co-located clean power, and expedited FERC review.
Fiber lines must cross railroad tracks to connect data centers. Railroads often stall permits for years or demand exorbitant fees. The RAIL Act mandates a 60-day decision timeline.
A patchwork of 50 different state AI regulations and local data center moratoriums fragments the national market, driving compute investment and tech jobs overseas.
Are you a fiber provider, data center developer, cloud operator, or energy innovator? INCOMPAS gives competitive infrastructure builders a powerful voice in Washington, battling legacy monopolies and regulatory red tape.