Publications

Democrats should approach data centers as they have clean-energy infrastructure: take legitimate local concerns seriously and mitigate their impacts without allowing opposition to become a blanket rejection of development. As AI drives growing demand for data centers, policymakers should balance community protections with the economic, technological, and clean-energy benefits these investments can provide.

Mandating broader transparency around algorithmic or personalized pricing requires congressional legislation to weigh costs and benefits, and the FTC should revise its policy statement to target law violations without restricting legitimate personalized pricing.

Between 1996 and 2025, Bayh-Dole-enabled technology transfer from university and nonprofit research benefiting from federal funding contributed as much as $3.3 trillion to U.S. gross economic output, $1.7 trillion to gross domestic product, and 7.6 million job-years of employment.

Orbital data centers could complement terrestrial infrastructure by processing selected workloads in space, particularly where data is generated in orbit. Their value will depend on technical performance, life cycle economics, market demand, and a regulatory environment that does not hinder testing and deployment.

Spectrum is a critical component for space launch, and frequency coordinators play a vital role in balancing the spectrum needs of the aviation and the space sectors, both of which are essential for American technological leadership.

The EU AI Act disproportionately burdens U.S. AI firms with compliance costs and potential fines that could weaken U.S. competitiveness with China. Europe should simplify its regulatory framework and deepen cooperation with Washington to support innovation and economic growth on both sides of the Atlantic.

The United States needs a strong domestic semiconductor manufacturing base to support economic growth, strengthen supply chains, and remain globally competitive. To sustain investment in new U.S. semiconductor facilities, policymakers should make the Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit permanent.

Canada was right to scrap the streaming levy, which would have functioned as a consumption tax on Netflix and Disney+ subscribers without ensuring that the money supported Canadian shows they would actually watch.

Between 2005 and 2024, Chinese firms received, on average, three to eight times more government support than firms based in OECD economies, even while using conservative estimates.

The U.S. regulatory state has become a major headwind for national economic power industries competing against China, and incremental reforms will not be enough for America to avoid techno-economic defeat. U.S. policymakers need to adopt a national developmentalist model.