DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Standards & Regulations, Sebastian Moss, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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UK Green Party calls for nationwide data center moratorium
Only 'local scale data centers for the local community' would be allowed
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xAI appeals to Ninth Circuit after US court dismisses data center trade secret case against OpenAI
And OpenAI attempts to get its legal fees paid by Musk's company
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Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders introduce AI Data Center Moratorium Act
Would block new data center builds until other regulations are passed
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Thor Equities files lawsuit against Ohio's Urbana after data center moratorium disrupts project
Company was set to build a $1 billion data center near the city
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Trump's DoJ urges judge to throw out xAI data center gas turbine suit, citing national security
Reveals Grok was used in the Iran war
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Fermi's ousted CEO fights for return, company claims he is "attempting to fill the board with his acolytes to force a sale"
Toby Neugebauer remains the largest shareholder, but has lost the support of the second largest shareholder in messy spat
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Trump orders federal agencies to "immediately" stop using Anthropic AI tech, threatens "criminal consequences" against "radical left, woke company"
After company sought to put limits on DoD usage of its AI for mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons
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Denver plans data center moratorium, as Senator Bernie Sanders calls for nationwide pause
Currently, only the CoreSite DE3 facility is permitted and under construction in the city
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US Senator Bernie Sanders calls for AI data center construction moratorium
To "give democracy a chance to catch up"
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UK plans AI Growth Zone in North Wales, announces data center power and planning reforms
Says it will speed up time to build, and cut energy costs
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Trump signs EO for data center Federal permitting and tax incentives
Revoking a similar Biden order, but now without "DEI"
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Canada and Mexico impose retaliatory tariffs against US
From trading partners to trade war
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US to impose tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China
As Trump threatens to start a trade war with the EU
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US Supreme Court to review TikTok ban delay request
ByteDance hopes to make it till Trump's next term
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China opens antitrust investigation into Nvidia
As tit-for-tat chip sanctions ramp up between US and China
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£1bn Microsoft lawsuit claims it overcharged rival cloud firms’ UK customers
Thousands of businesses represented in huge Windows Server lawsuit that echoes CMA and CISPE allegations
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European Commission raids data center construction companies over antitrust concerns
Says that they may be engaging in no-poach agreements
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Wiwynn sues Elon Musk's X/Twitter over unpaid server bills
Wants $61m after company "abruptly stopped" paying
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Chinese chip tool maker AMEC sues US DoD over blacklist
Says it has no ties to the Chinese military
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Shares in SMR company NuScale fall on short seller claims of SEC investigation
But NuScale says it is unaware of any investigation
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AWS, Digital Realty, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Schneider Electric call for greater supplier transparency on Scope 3 emissions
Because it's hard to fix what you can't track
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Linux Foundation to form High Performance Software Foundation
Will promote a neutral space for the high performance software ecosystem
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PUE creator Christian Belady leaves Microsoft
Plans to stay in the data center sector after a break
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UK's CMA approves Broadcom's $69bn VMware acquisition
Deal on track to close by 30 October
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Biden Admin bans US investment in Chinese semiconductors, quantum computing, and AI
As tit-for-tat restrictions continue to ramp up
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Illinois' Hoffman Estates to raise data center electricity tax, as well as ambulance fees
Money will go to replacing fire stations - just don't get injured
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UK High Court judges invested in data center project accused of being a tax avoidance scheme
Other investors including Wayne Rooney and Jimmy Carr have contested the avoidance claims with HMRC