Federal energy and environmental regulations designed for an earlier industrial era increasingly impede data center expansion, creating approval delays and cost burdens that threaten America's technological competitiveness. A systematic regulatory review could streamline these processes without compromising legitimate environmental and planning objectives.

A steady exodus of residents, businesses, and entrepreneurs from California to lower-tax, lower-regulation states raises fundamental questions about governance, cost of living, and the sustainability of progressive policy frameworks that have reshaped the state over decades.