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Trump Backs Massive Middle East AI Hub to Counter China

President Donald Trump has signed off on a major agreement with the United Arab Emirates to build the largest artificial intelligence campus outside the United States. The agreement marks a sharp turn from the Biden-era policy, which limited chip exports to nations seen as too close to China. At the center of the pact is a 10-square-mile AI campus in Abu Dhabi, backed by 5 gigawatts of power—enough to support around 2.5 million of Nvidia’s flagship B200 chips………… The U.S. Commerce Department called the initiative the largest AI infrastructure project to date. UAE state-linked firm G42 will construct the site, but American companies will operate it and provide U.S.-managed cloud services across the region. The White House said the UAE has committed to building or financing equivalent data centers in the U.S., while also aligning its national security policies with American standards.  The project signals a deepening U.S. presence in Middle East tech infrastructure and a possible new chapter in global AI competition.  Trump Backs Massive Middle East AI Hub to Counter China – Newsweek

How AI is Driving the Next Wave of Energy Innovation

Over the past two years AI has reigned in the minds of business leaders across the board.  While some industries remain hesitant in embedding AI into their business, leaders from the energy sector have been more open to AI led transformation possibilities in their businesses. Several energy organizations across the world are methodically experimenting with AI to drive digital transformation, with the sector already seeing real business value from AI.  According to the ‘KPMG International’s Global Tech Report: Energy insights’, 67% of energy companies are achieving measurable impact from active AI use cases. A big advantage of the energy sector is that there is a lot of data available, much of which is in digitised form. This availability of structured data complements with the broader structured and unstructured data available from external sources, creating a rich base for action in the energy companies. As a result, AI adoption in the energy sector is moving beyond proof-of-concept. Powering the Future: How AI is Driving the Next Wave of Energy Innovation

The AI Data-Center Boom Is Coming to America’s Heartland by Jennifer Hiller

Meta and other tech companies are scouring rural America for land, transmission lines and natural gas. Meta Platformsscooped up 2,700 acres of farmland last year for what would be its largest-ever data center, built over flat rice fields 45 minutes west of the Mississippi River.  At 4 million square feet, or 70 football fields, Meta’s data center will cost $10 billion and sit on more acreage than Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, which has more than 34,000 students. Building advanced artificial-intelligence systems will take city-sized amounts of power, which has turbocharged electricity demand projections for the first time this century. The AI Data-Center Boom Is Coming to America’s Heartland – WSJ

What Do the Colors on Bread Tags Mean? – These color-coded tags indicate the date the bread was baked and packaged.  Now that you know that the color-coded tags actually mean something, how can you remember which color means which day? Luckily there is an easy way to remember the schedule. The colors correspond to weekdays in alphabetical order: Blue (Monday), Green (Tuesday), Red (Thursday), White (Friday), then Yellow (Saturday). Maybe you just learned something you did not know…..