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The White House announced a new task force to deal with the growing needs of AI infrastructure after a meeting on Thursday between senior U.S. officials and top technology and power company executives. Led by the National Economic Council, the National Security Council and others, the task force will coordinate policies to advance data center development while weighing economic, national security, and environmental goals, the White House said. CEO Sam Altman, senior executive Ruth Porat and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei were among the tech company representatives who attended the meeting. The White House said participants discussed how to meet clean energy, permitting and workforce requirements for developing and power infrastructure needed for advanced AI operations.