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Last update: 5 hours agoData-Center Backlash: Utah’s Box Elder commissioners approved the massive “Stratos Project” data center, but protesters flooded the meeting with “People over Profit” chants as critics warn it would burn 9 gigawatts of power on natural gas and strain water supplies tied to the Great Salt Lake. Energy-Politics: In India, PM Modi’s push to cut cooking oil, fuel, gold and foreign travel is sparking new political sparring as the goal is to reduce the import bill and protect the rupee amid US-Iran-driven market jitters. AI Product Building: London’s Dessn raised €5M to let product teams design and prototype inside their real codebases, aiming to close the gap between mocks and production. Travel Software Deal: Staynex agreed to acquire Helix and name founder Gus Fraser chief AI officer, expanding into enterprise travel policy and reporting. Global Markets Watch: S&P Global says April manufacturing output rose to a near five-year high, even as supply and cost pressures persist. Media for the Global South: teleSUR and Vietnam’s VTV International signed a content-exchange agreement in Caracas to broaden coverage beyond mainstream narratives.
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