The U.S. Department of Energy said it has identified 16 federal sites, including storied nuclear research laboratories such as Los Alamos, where tech companies could build data centers in a push to accelerate commercial development of artificial intelligence technology.

The Trump administration identified 16 sites for the development of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers Thursday on land owned by the Department of Energy (DOE). The centers comprise rows of

Microsoft has reportedly pulled back on data center projects around the world, suggesting that the company is wary of overexpanding.