<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The American who sees a proposed AI factory down... > The American who sees a proposed AI factory down the road should begin with the strategic fact that the country must build the energy and compute infrastructure required to become an AI superpower. Water use, noise, land use, tax terms and grid effects should be audited carefully, but as engineering and bargaining questions inside that national mission, never as excuses for abandoning it. Communities should negotiate aggressively for jobs, training, stronger local infrastructure and durable participation in the wealth the development creates. Local accountability should govern how America builds its AI infrastructure, never whether America remains capable of building it. {{America can negotiate the terms of becoming an AI superpower; it cannot negotiate away the necessity of becoming one.}} **Source:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The American who sees a proposed AI factory down the road should begin with the strategic fact that the country must build the energy and compute infrastructure required to become an AI superpower. Water use, noise, land use, tax terms and grid effects should be audited carefully, but as engineering and bargaining questions inside that national mission, never as excuses for abandoning it. Communities should negotiate aggressively for jobs, training, stronger local infrastructure and durable participation in the wealth the development creates. Local accountability should govern how America builds its AI infrastructure, never whether America remains capable of building it. America can negotiate the terms of becoming an AI superpower; it cannot negotiate away the necessity of becoming one.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/passages/passages-american-who-sees-away-necessity-becoming ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->