State AI compute clusters and the Empire AI model

This page reports what the sources say. It is not a position of the consortium.

Positions

• The comparator. CalCompute “mirrors a similar computing cluster that is already being established in New York state” (2026-10-14 SB-53 Assembly Floor analysis, p. 5). The working group report names “New York’s Empire AI” (California Report on Frontier AI Policy 2025-06-17).