Question 1

What is the Right to Compute?

Accepted Answer

The Right to Compute is the right to build the physical infrastructure of intelligence — power generation, the electrical grid, semiconductor fabrication, and data centers — on American ground, owned by Americans. It holds that lawful ownership and use of computational resources should not be restricted without compelling justification.

Question 2

What is the Right2Compute Coalition?

Accepted Answer

The Right2Compute Coalition is a growing national alliance of technology companies, AI innovators, data center developers, energy producers, labor organizations, national security advocates, researchers, policymakers, and citizens who believe America should build. It is dedicated to protecting America's ability to build the computational infrastructure that powers modern innovation.

Question 3

Why does AI infrastructure matter for America?

Accepted Answer

Just as electricity powered the Industrial Revolution and the internet powered the Digital Revolution, compute powers the Intelligence Revolution. Access to compute infrastructure increasingly determines economic power. A shortage of data center capacity can slow innovation, concentrate power in a few incumbent firms, and push investment overseas to China.

Question 4

What policies does the Right2Compute Coalition support?

Accepted Answer

The coalition supports accelerated permitting for data centers, transmission, and supporting infrastructure; compute freedom protecting lawful ownership and use of computational resources; energy expansion to power America's AI future; treating advanced compute as critical national security infrastructure; and federal and state Right to Compute laws.

Question 5

Who opposes building AI infrastructure?

Accepted Answer

A growing coalition seeks to halt new data centers, increase permitting barriers, restrict energy development, delay AI infrastructure projects, and push compute investment overseas. While concerns about power, water, and community impacts deserve attention, blanket restrictions threaten America's competitiveness and technological future.

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