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Local opposition blocked or delayed 17 U.S. data center projects worth $98 billion in the second quarter of 2025, compared to 16 projects worth $64 billion from May 2024 to March 2025 (Molly Taft/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 15, 2025

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Sources: China offers to cut data center electricity bills by up to 50% to Alibaba and others if they use local chips like Huawei’s rather than foreign chips like Nvidia’s (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 4, 2025

Financial Times: Sources: China is offering to cut data center electricity bills by up to 50% to Alibaba and others…

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Sources: China tightens customs checks on chip imports, starting with Nvidia’s H20 and RTX Pro 6000D, after urging local tech companies to avoid Nvidia products (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 10, 2025

Financial Times: Sources: China tightens customs checks on chip imports, starting with Nvidia’s H20 and RTX Pro 6000D, after urging…

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Sources: The Trump administrator plans to force manufacturers to match local results with imports and impose prices on companies that do not maintain a 1: 1 ratio (Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 26, 2025

Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:: Sources: The Trump administrator plans to force manufacturers to match local results with imports…

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How Seattle, transformed into a technological center by Amazon and the explosive growth of Microsoft, is struggling with the dismissals of companies affecting the local economy (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 22, 2025

Wall Street Journal:: How Seattle, transformed into a technological center by Amazon and the explosive growth of Microsoft, is struggling…

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The Nepalese government raises its ban on social media after the local media reported more than 19 dead during conflicts on antigan demonstrations triggered by the ban (Gopal Sharma / Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 9, 2025

Featured podcasts Decoder with Nilay Patel: Sal Khan hopes AI will not destroy education A show by The Verge on…

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Openai exceeds local partners to create a 1GW + data center in India, although the exact calendar is not clear; Sam Altman should visit this month (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 1, 2025

Featured podcasts Grink: In the spirit of the most optimistic CEO in the world Grit explores what is needed to…

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Source: Indian Fantasy Sports Startup Mobile Premier League plans to dismiss around 60% of its local workforce, after the government has prohibited online online games (Aditya Kalra / Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 31, 2025

Aditya Kalra / Reuters:: Source: Indian Fantasy Sports Startup Mobile Premier League plans to fire ~ 60% of its local…

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China affirms that this would prevent excess competition in the AI sector, echoing the prudence of Xi Jinping against excessive investments of the local government in the AI last month (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 30, 2025

Featured podcasts Big Technology Podcast: Has Openai broke Chatgpt?, The new iPhones of Apple, saving Intel The Big Technology Podcast…

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Sources: Chinese authorities urge local businesses to avoid using less advanced fleas, in particular NVIDIA H20, for government or national security work (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsAugust 12, 2025

Bloomberg:: Sources: Chinese authorities urge local businesses to avoid using less advanced fleas, in particular NVIDIA H20, for government or…

Months after attacks, Chinese work resumes on Dushanbe-Kulma highway – The Diplomat

Its Enduring Importance – The Diplomat

Bangkok voters give Chadchart second term as governor by decisive margin – The Diplomat

Indonesia says tech companies have deleted 4.7 million children’s accounts since government ban – The Diplomat

ASEAN and Trump’s Section 301 Tariffs – The Diplomat

Eli Lilly, Regeneron in FDA PreCheck manufacturing program

Medicare will soon cover obesity medications, but many seniors may not know it

‘Perfect storm’ portends much smaller U.S. auto market by 2040

Summer box office could generate first $10 billion since pandemic

How Kohl’s lost its way and is trying to become relevant again

House Democrats to force vote to cut Trump’s arms fund

Supreme Court condemns Republicans in midterms with ruling on mail-in voting

Even Fox News Can’t Hide Trump’s Great Failing for Fairness in America

Donald Trump now spends his days counting trees in the park

Failure of Trump’s big fair rally in US state really upsets him

Australia’s ACCC is suing Amazon for allegedly introducing ads on Prime Video under unfair contractual terms and forcing existing subscribers to pay more to avoid them (Peter Vercoe/Bloomberg)

Google says the Gemini app now offers custom Nano Banana image generation, previously limited to Plus, Pro and Ultra users, for free to eligible US users (Lauren Forristal/TechCrunch)

As a new law prohibits the DOD from working with companies whose lobbyists also represent blacklisted entities, DC lobbying firms are abandoning companies like Alibaba and Tencent (Bloomberg).

Quantifind, whose AI products help banks combat financial crimes such as money laundering, raised $200 million led by Summit Partners (Laura Kreutzer/Wall Street Journal)

Filing: Strategy suspended its Bitcoin acquisitions last week, instead increasing its USD reserve to $2.55 billion and announcing a $1 billion digital credit buyback program (James Hunt/The Block)

Browsing: local

Local opposition blocked or delayed 17 U.S. data center projects worth $98 billion in the second quarter of 2025, compared to 16 projects worth $64 billion from May 2024 to March 2025 (Molly Taft/Wired)

Sources: China offers to cut data center electricity bills by up to 50% to Alibaba and others if they use local chips like Huawei’s rather than foreign chips like Nvidia’s (Financial Times)

Sources: China tightens customs checks on chip imports, starting with Nvidia’s H20 and RTX Pro 6000D, after urging local tech companies to avoid Nvidia products (Financial Times)

Sources: The Trump administrator plans to force manufacturers to match local results with imports and impose prices on companies that do not maintain a 1: 1 ratio (Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal)

How Seattle, transformed into a technological center by Amazon and the explosive growth of Microsoft, is struggling with the dismissals of companies affecting the local economy (Wall Street Journal)

The Nepalese government raises its ban on social media after the local media reported more than 19 dead during conflicts on antigan demonstrations triggered by the ban (Gopal Sharma / Reuters)

Openai exceeds local partners to create a 1GW + data center in India, although the exact calendar is not clear; Sam Altman should visit this month (Bloomberg)

Source: Indian Fantasy Sports Startup Mobile Premier League plans to dismiss around 60% of its local workforce, after the government has prohibited online online games (Aditya Kalra / Reuters)

China affirms that this would prevent excess competition in the AI sector, echoing the prudence of Xi Jinping against excessive investments of the local government in the AI last month (Bloomberg)

Sources: Chinese authorities urge local businesses to avoid using less advanced fleas, in particular NVIDIA H20, for government or national security work (Bloomberg)