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FCC Waiver Delay and Hidden Water Costs in AI

A Data Center’s Thirst and a Regulator’s Reluctance

Last month, a cooling tower at a major AI infrastructure hub in northern Nevada consumed 30 million gallons of water over a three-month period without triggering alerts. The facility’s operators, relying on automated …

The FCC’s extension of its cybersecurity waiver through December 2029 grants companies until then to phase out routers from firms deemed national security risks. The agency cited "interoperability challenges" and "sup…

The 2029 deadline aligns with the original date for removing Huawei and ZTE hardware from U.S. networks, a policy pushed through by the Trump administration in 2019. That rule, which banned new installations of Chines…

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