New data center licensing aims to preserve power supplies
Verified: 2 outlets in 2 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 1 of them from Indonesia.
Norway’s Labour Party government followed through this week on promises that it would gain control over the recent and huge expansion of controversial data centers. Critics of the massive data center expansion were relieved, and the crackdown may help Labour get its state budget proposal through Parliament. The data centers have been springing up near…
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1 outlet from Indonesia, where the story is: Antara · how we count
- Nov 12, 6:50 AM UTCFirst reportIndonesia secures power, water supplies for Batam data centersen.antaranews.com ↗
- Nov 12, 5:43 PM UTC+11 h· you’re reading thisNew data center licensing aims to preserve power suppliesnewsinenglish.no ↗
- Severity rose to medium
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 5:44 PM UTC · +11 h
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