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White House Creating Task Force on AI Datacenter Infrastructure
The White House announced on Thursday its plans to launch a new Task Force on AI Datacenter Infrastructure to coordinate policy across government, along with other actions to ensure the United States continues to lead in AI tech. […]
Tagged AI, data centers, White House
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PRAC Offers Policy Recs for Fraud Prevention
The Pandemic Responsibility and Accountability Committee (PRAC) has released a new report for policymakers that highlights recommendations to aid in preventing and detecting fraud and improper payments in government programs. […]
Tagged Data, Fraud, Legislation, PRAC
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Data Access, Sharing Vital to AI Success, Federal Officials Say
More freedom to share data is vital to the success of developing AI technologies that meet the needs of Federal agencies, government officials said today. […]
Federal Data Center Security Bill Reintroduced in Senate
A bipartisan group of senators has reintroduced legislation that aims to boost the physical and digital security of Federal data centers against potential threats. […]
Senate Bill Aims to Strengthen Security for Federal Data Centers
Sens. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Gary Peters, D-Mich., introduced bipartisan legislation on July 28 to strengthen Federal data center security to protect against cyberattacks, natural disasters, and terrorist attacks. […]
Data Centers Ripe for Helping Feds Cut Energy Usage, Official Says
The National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has determined that data centers offer a prime opportunity for the Federal government to cut energy consumption while agency demand grows to embrace cloud services and modernize legacy IT systems. […]
GAO: Federal Agencies Showing ‘Mixed Progress’ on DCOI Metrics
Federal Agencies are reporting “mixed progress” meeting their goals to optimize existing data centers in recent months due to technical and budget constraints, according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). […]
DHS Awards Peraton $2.7B Data Center and Cloud Optimization Contract
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Peraton a nearly $2.7 billion dollar contract to aid the agency’s move to the cloud, according to an Oct. 4 award announcement posted to SAM.gov. […]
Tagged Cloud Optimization, DCCO, Peraton
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Data Center Survey Shows Sustainability, Outage, and Efficiency Challenges
A new data center industry report from the Uptime Institute found that the data center industry has had to adapt to increasing complexity and challenges such as evolving efficiency and sustainability requirements, rising outage costs, the ongoing workforce shortage, and supply chain interruptions while also experiencing widespread growth. […]
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EPA Expands Efforts to Improve Energy Efficiency of U.S. Data Centers
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hoping to improve the energy efficiency of U.S. data centers by updating its Energy Star certification for data storage products. […]
Tagged Energy Star, EPA
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