Interior plan calls for selling public lands and cites 'Super Intelligence' data center demand

The Interior Department's 2026-2030 strategic plan, published Tuesday, says it will 'decrease the size of the federal estate' by offering states, localities and Tribes the chance to buy federal lands, and will consolidate its workforce. The plan repeatedly ties resource development to AI, calling for mapping energy and mineral assets to power data centers and for infrastructure upgrades to meet 'growing demand from Super Intelligence data centers.' It gives no acreage targets, parcel lists, pricing or timelines. The administration is already weighing at least a dozen data center proposals on Western public land.