Most of the yes/no datacenter stuff will continue to be local when it comes to zoning and permitting and such, federal effects will likely be limited. For example, possibly changes to EPA rules affecting whether the companies can get special exemptions for not-so-temporary gas turbine power-plants.
> Open source?
I doubt there'll be much movement there, because the day-to-day stuff is tied to control of the Executive branch, many tech-improvement things already fell victim to White House Republicans' orgy of destruction in 2025. [0] I doubt they'll reverse direction soon.
> Space based compute?
No change to the engineering, so still a boondoggle fantasy no matter who controls congress.
> Data centers?
Most of the yes/no datacenter stuff will continue to be local when it comes to zoning and permitting and such, federal effects will likely be limited. For example, possibly changes to EPA rules affecting whether the companies can get special exemptions for not-so-temporary gas turbine power-plants.
> Open source?
I doubt there'll be much movement there, because the day-to-day stuff is tied to control of the Executive branch, many tech-improvement things already fell victim to White House Republicans' orgy of destruction in 2025. [0] I doubt they'll reverse direction soon.
> Space based compute?
No change to the engineering, so still a boondoggle fantasy no matter who controls congress.
[0] https://www.npr.org/2025/03/04/nx-s1-5317569/a-federal-effic...