NOAA selects Google Cloud for HPC infrastructure to predict weather patterns
Will provide cloud-based compute for the Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System
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Trump expands Ratepayer Protection Pledge with 200-plus new signatories
Including utility heavyweights Southern Company, PPL Corp, NextEra Energy, Duke Energy, and American Electric Power
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FBI considers deploying AI LLM supercomputers with Nvidia B300 GPUs or Google TPUs
Could deploy multiple systems, from training to inference
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US lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to shield ratepayers from data center energy costs
Would target data centers with a capacity of 100MW or more
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Marshall Islands to connect to Google’s Halaihai subsea cable
Island nation to deploy branch linking to search giant's upcoming cable
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Oklahoma's Rock Volunteer Fire Department rejects $250,000 donation from Google linked to data center
Fire Department chief says public trust more important
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Microsoft files amicus brief in support of Anthropic's DoD lawsuit
OpenAI and Google workers also file brief to quash supply chain risk designation
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Big tech makes ratepayer protection pledge for data centers at White House
Will see Google, Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, xAI, OpenAI, and Amazon commit to buy or build generation needed for their facilities
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Trump admin pushes data center companies to commit to pact on energy prices and water usage
Following earlier deal with Microsoft
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Microsoft, CoreWeave, Google, QTS and more attend DOE Savannah River Site data center meeting
Digital Realty, Oracle, Crusoe, and other tech giants evaluate potential locations on federal land
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Microsoft and Google withhold Dutch data center energy data despite EU rules - report
Citing business confidentiality
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Three Senate Democrats send hyperscalers letters as they investigate data centers’ impact on US electricity prices
CoreWeave, Digital Realty, and Equinix also sent questions as electricity bills rise
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Google to build three subsea cables in Papua New Guinea as part of Australian defense treaty
Builds on the defense treaty PNG signed with Australia in October
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Trump admin plans 'US Tech Force,' a 1,000-strong workforce to accelerate AI deployment
Program gets backing from Big Tech
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Google Cloud secures sovereign cloud contract with NATO
NATO also uses Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
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Rio de Janeiro to be connected with the world's first wireless optical mesh network
Taara will connect schools, hospitals and public buildings in the city
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Google plans AI data center on Australian outpost Christmas Island
Indian Ocean island set for large facility
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UK's Ministry of Defence awards Google Cloud £400m contract
Google will establish UK sovereign cloud capabilities for MoD
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US Defense Logistics Agency signs $48m cloud contract with Google Cloud
Google Public Sector will provide an AI-ready cloud foundation to the DLA
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Google wins $200m AI contract with US Department of Defense
OpenAI, xAI, and Anthropic also awarded contracts
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Google to discount cloud computing services for US government
Follows discount agreement made with Oracle
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Google Cloud signs agreement with UK gov't to reduce legacy tech reliance
And other news from the Google Cloud Summit 2025
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Parish council objects to Google’s proposed data center development outside London, UK
Local council objects, but may be at odds with the higher up district council
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Amadeus signs cloud computing agreement with Google
Among other customer stories
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UK holds first meeting of new AI Energy Council
Attended by the likes of EDF, Ofgem, Google, and Microsoft
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Google provided AI technology to IDF during Israel-Gaza war
Internal documents reveal direct assistance to IDF
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Thailand Board of Investment approves two more large data center projects
One of the facilities will be built by Google parent company Alphabet
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Meta joins Google in DOE carbon removal investment scheme
Says it will buy high-quality CO2 removal credits