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THE BIG TECH REVOLVING DOOR

A former top adviser who led gov't Ai strategy has - like Rishi Sunak, who hired him when he was PM - joined the tech giant Anthropic. This revolving door between industry and the gov't is all too common.

CIVIL SERVICE WORLD

BIG TECH

Control

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DATA CENTRES AND CANNABIS

US states are looking at cannabis factories - huge buildings with access to lots of power and cooling - as sites for Ai data centres. The legal cannabis industry is struggling - so Big Tech is in line for some bargains!

MSN

TECHNOLOGY

Ai

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DATA CENTRES COULD BE GOOD

Amid growing opposition to data centres - for good reason - this author asks a fascinating question. What if data centres - instead of being the enemy - were sustainable - and good for people and planet?

VARIOUS OTHER SOURCES

TECHNOLOGY

Ai

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PEOPLE DON'T LIKE DATA CENTRES

A US congresswoman has launched a bill to ban large Ai data centres, remove centres already there and remedy damage to the land. The US pushback against data centres is growing - will we see it in the UK?

VARIOUS OTHER SOURCES

TECHNOLOGY

Ai

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ENERGY POLICY - OR IDEOLOGY?

The UK gov't will allow energy suppliers to turn down [or off?] heat pump-powered heating in winter. They say it's to help the grid cope with demand - demand from all the data centres being built, perhaps.

VARIOUS OTHER SOURCES

ENERGY

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