Specifically, #ToddBlanche said the #Justice Dept will largely not bring cases that violate the #Bank Secrecy Act or contain unregistered #broker dealer violations & other registry requirements under the #Commodity #Exchange Act.

The memo said the National #Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team would be disbanded effective immediately.

Complicating matters, #tech companies are approaching multiple #power utility providers …seeking multiple bids for the same project, inflating power demand outlooks….

"What we're seeing is this huge proposed influx of these abstract projects that nobody knows anything about," Jon Gordon, a director at the *clean* #energy trade group, Advanced Energy United, whose members include clean power & large energy users like #DataCenters.

Now, the #power industry is struggling with a question that will determine the course of billions of dollars in investment: how to meet the demand?

…If utilities underestimate the demand, they risk an unstable electrical #grid with a higher chance of #blackouts for their customers. If they overbuild, #consumer rate-payers could end up with the tab.

A Reuters survey of 13 major US #electric utility earnings transcripts found nearly ½ have received inquiries from #DataCenter companies for volumes of #power that would exceed their peak demand or existing generation capacity - that's everything they supply to homes & businesses - a metric that reflects the sheer size of oncoming data center needs.

…The WH is the latest govt property on which #Starlink now operates.

In recent weeks, Starlink was also set up at the #GSA, which has served as a hub for #Musk’s government-shrinking efforts…

While several #FederalAgencies contract w/Starlink, the satellite service is typically used to provide internet access in emergency situations & to remote locations — not at federal buildings in DC, which already have ample internet options.

"#Technology grants power to *only* the people that are allowed to wield it, and access to many technologies are not evenly distributed — by design or application."... is referred to as #Technocracy. #Technocrats. Herbert Marcuse wrote a whole book about it @malcircuit https://www.marcuse.org/herbert/pubs/64onedim/odmcontents.html He's hated universally by his fellow marxists btw for writing a book debunking the myth that Russia's government was Marxist: "Soviet Marxism: A Critical Analysis".