December 1, 2025

A $20B Fight Looms Over BEAD Non-Deployment Funds

Linda Hardesty, Fierce Network

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Featuring: E. Barlow Keener

Funds could be used to advance AI at the state level.

Many states have competing views on how to spend approximately $20 billion in leftover Broadband Equity, Access & Deployment (BEAD) funds. Barlow Keener was quoted in an article where he considered artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure may be a focus.

The full article, “A $20B Fight Looms Over BEAD Non-Deployment Funds,” can be read on the Fierce Network website.

E. Barlow Keener
E. Barlow Keener
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