DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Government & Military, Meta
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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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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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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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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US Army Reserve swears in tech leaders from Palantir, Meta, OpenAI, and Thinking Machines
Detachment 201 comes as Silicon Valley more openly embraces the military
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Meta joins Anduril's military XR headset effort, will compete for Soldier-Borne Mission Command Next
Anduril previously took over IVAS from Microsoft
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Meta joins Google in DOE carbon removal investment scheme
Says it will buy high-quality CO2 removal credits
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US DOE considers building AI data center testbed, setting data center standards, grid upgrade tariffs
Building its own facility and enacting new legislation to help avert AI energy crisis
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Dutch Senate votes for motion to prevent further site works at Meta's Zeewolde data center
Lawmakers want site prep stopped while government negotiates land sale
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Meta data center in Zeewolde facing opposition by Dutch Housing Minister
Former Deputy PM Hugo de Jonge hopes stricter requirements for data centers will prevent the development of the hyperscale