Adrian M. Smith

Data Centers

Positions on the development, regulation, or public impact of data center infrastructure as it relates to AI, including energy consumption and grid reliability concerns tied to AI workloads.

Voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill which contained a provision limiting state control over AI data center development; disputed the "characterization" of that provision but did not defend or explain his position on it

Source: Statement · trentloos.substack.com

AI Preemption

Stance on federal preemption of state AI laws, states' rights to regulate AI, and the patchwork of local vs. national regulatory approaches.

Implicitly supported federal preemption of state AI data center regulation by voting for the One Big Beautiful Bill; deflected direct questioning on the provision without engaging the state sovereignty argument

Source: Statement · trentloos.substack.com