The AI boom needs power and rockets. Trump just exempted both from environmental law.
29-07-2026 18:28 via thenextweb.com

The AI boom needs power and rockets. Trump just exempted both from environmental law.

The Trump administration spent Tuesday clearing environmental law out of the way of the tech boom. It did so twice, on two fronts, with the same justification. The first move exempts data centres from the rules meant to stop acid rain. The second frees rocket launches from federal environmental review. Together they show how far […]
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