{"id":26,"date":"2025-11-10T07:12:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T07:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flrepoter.com\/tech\/?p=26"},"modified":"2025-11-10T07:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T07:12:19","slug":"openai-urges-u-s-to-broaden-chips-act-incentives-to-power-the-ai-infrastructure-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flrepoter.com\/tech\/artificial-intelligence\/openai-urges-u-s-to-broaden-chips-act-incentives-to-power-the-ai-infrastructure-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI Urges U.S. to Broaden Chips Act Incentives to Power the AI Infrastructure Boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. -->\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new letter from <strong>OpenAI<\/strong> offers a revealing look at how the company hopes the U.S. government will help fuel its next phase of growth, this time, not through research funding, but through tax policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a detailed message sent by <strong>Chris Lehane<\/strong>, OpenAI\u2019s chief global affairs officer, to <strong>Michael Kratsios<\/strong>, the White House director of science and technology policy, the company urged the administration to <strong>expand the Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit (AMIC)<\/strong>. Originally created under the <strong>Chips and Science Act<\/strong>, the 35% tax credit was designed to support semiconductor manufacturing. OpenAI now wants that same incentive to apply to <strong>AI data centers, AI servers, and critical electrical-grid components<\/strong> that power large-scale artificial intelligence systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lehane argued that widening the credit\u2019s scope would <strong>reduce capital costs<\/strong>, <strong>mitigate early-stage risk<\/strong>, and <strong>unlock private investment<\/strong> for the massive infrastructure required to train next-generation models. \u201cBroadening coverage of the AMIC will lower the effective cost of capital, de-risk early investment, and unlock private capital to help alleviate bottlenecks and accelerate the AI build in the U.S.,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company also asked the government to <strong>streamline environmental and permitting reviews<\/strong> for AI infrastructure projects and to <strong>establish a strategic reserve of key materials<\/strong>, including copper, aluminum, and processed rare earth minerals, that are essential to building and maintaining large-scale data facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenAI publicly released the letter on October 27, but it drew little attention until this week, after executives made a series of remarks clarifying the company\u2019s position on federal support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a Wall Street Journal event, <strong>CFO Sarah Friar<\/strong> suggested that the U.S. should \u201cbackstop\u201d OpenAI\u2019s infrastructure loans, a comment that quickly raised eyebrows. She later clarified on LinkedIn that she had \u201cmisspoke,\u201d writing, \u201cOpenAI is not seeking a government backstop for our infrastructure commitments. I used the word \u2018backstop\u2019 and it muddied the point.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CEO Sam Altman<\/strong> later echoed that sentiment, emphasizing that the company does not \u201chave or want government guarantees for OpenAI data centers.\u201d In a follow-up post, Altman said that while OpenAI has discussed federal loan guarantees in the context of <strong>semiconductor fabrication<\/strong>, the company does not support bailouts or preferential treatment. \u201cGovernments should not pick winners or losers, and taxpayers should not bail out companies that make bad business decisions or otherwise lose in the market,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Altman also gave a glimpse into the company\u2019s staggering financial trajectory. He said OpenAI expects to <strong>end 2025 with more than $20 billion in annualized revenue<\/strong> and is projecting growth to <strong>hundreds of billions by 2030<\/strong>. The company has already <strong>committed roughly $1.4 trillion<\/strong> in capital spending for data center expansion over the next eight years, an investment that underscores just how critical large-scale infrastructure has become to the AI race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OpenAI\u2019s appeal reflects a broader shift in how Silicon Valley leaders view industrial policy. What began as a semiconductor subsidy under the <strong>Biden-era Chips Act<\/strong> could soon evolve into a cornerstone of the <strong>AI economy<\/strong>, with private companies and policymakers now debating how to balance innovation, competition, and national strategy in the age of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new letter from OpenAI offers a revealing look at how the company hopes the U.S. government will help fuel its next phase of growth, this time, not through research funding, but through tax policy. 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