Politicians in Scotland set to vote on national data center moratorium
Would put a pause on projects of 50MW and up
News - Government & Military
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
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Pentagon in talks to loan Fluidstack $5bn - report
Money would come from Pentagon's Office of Strategic Capital
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Amid data center public backlash, Yvette Eden Ruiz joins OpenAI’s Community Engagement team from JPMorgan
As data centers become an issue for the midterms, OpenAI looks to change the message
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DISA launches tender for $21.6bn JWCC contracts
Cloud providers have until October 6 to submit bids
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Parallel Works and CoreWeave partner on cloud platform for DARPA
Jointly develop managed AI and HPC platform for the NODES program
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Ivory Coast targets launch of first state-owned data center in 2027
Will be backed by US Export-Import Bank
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Moscow bans cryptomining until end of 2032, citing power concerns
Cryptocurrency mining consumes approximately 1GW of power in Moscow alone
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California lawmakers pass data center ratepayer protection bills, send to governor for approval
If passed, the legislation would create separate electricity tariffs for large data centers
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India mulls removal of legacy Chinese telecoms kit - report
Could India become the latest market to rip and replace Chinese telecoms equipment?
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ReData data center bill approved by Brazilian senate, will now go to president for signing
The bill will not need to be put to a new vote in the House
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Matt Clifford, man behind UK's AI Growth Zones plan, joins Anthropic
Plans to stay on at ARIA is "a clear conflict of interest," MP says
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US defense contractor Northrop Grumman awarded $7m for diamond-cooled chip technology
Funding was awarded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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Trump admin considers more semiconductor tariffs, could include data center servers
Because it went so well before
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New Jersey governor signs law requiring data centers to report energy and water use
Follows new rate class establishment in July
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Australian gov't drops plans for data center renewable energy mandate - report
After objections from two regional governments
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Delaware enacts clean energy mandate for hyperscale data centers
As well as several new laws targeting the sector
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Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts seeks vendor for two colocation data centers
Currently uses Digital Realty and Csquare through a third-party vendor
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Colombia halts construction of 1,600km fiber network in the Amazon
The technical and financial complexity of the deployment has led the government to withdraw the procurement process
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80 percent of Democratic and Republican candidates for governor have expressed a stance on data centers
Data centers are on the ballot – and people don't like them
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Singapore gov't allocates 200MW of power for four data center developers on Jurong Island
Digital Realty, Equinix, Keppel Data Centers, and ST Telemedia Global Data Centers will each be allocated 50MW of new capacity
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First Nations on Fort Peck Reservation in Montana banned from discussions with data center firms
Leaders raise concerns over environmental impact of building projects
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FBI puts out call for AI hardware procurement contracts
Department seeks up to $88m in AI hardware
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Pennsylvania Governor signs executive order imposing strict requirements on data center developments
Mandates that data center projects receive all required local approvals before permits are issued
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NextEra secures $3.3bn in state funding for 10GW of new natural gas generation to meet growing data center power needs
Will support two projects in Texas and Pennsylvania
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New South Wales to require new data centers run 40% on wind energy under new framework
Data centers that fail to meet the standards could see their projects rejected
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Data center-related threats made against local authorities in Marshall, Michigan
Death threat comes two weeks after city votes to approve one-year moratorium
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Ontario, Canada, unveils new data center framework to support industry investment
Government says plan will provide “meaningful benefits” for locals
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Bloomberg NEF: Texas grid pause puts 20 percent of US data center pipeline at risk
Governor initiated a pause in interconnections earlier this month