Sources say that the FCC is drafting a ban on optical transceivers for data centers. These components, which convert electrical signals into light signals, are said to pose a risk as they can be used to steal data, install malware, or disrupt data center operations in the U.S.

Gov. Greg Abbott (R) instructed PUCT and ERCOT to pause all data center applications until they complete an audit on all the information that data center developers must submit. The move reportedly came after PUCT asked 377 data center operators to submit water and power use, of which only 28 complied.

Data center protesters are getting arrested for minor infractions, yet they continue pushing back against these projects. Aside from the arrests, there’s also at least 12 instances (probably more) where the police were called to intervene between politicians and protesters.

Atomarine wants to put data centers on modular barges for ocean-based deployments. The firm says these can be powered by LNG-powered ships and seamlessly swap to ship-based SMRs when they become available.

Georgia’s largest power supply company is reclaiming 30 homes that lay in the path of its power line expansion project through sale or eminent domain. The company says the project is not for a data center, but the substation the line is connecting to sits less than five miles from a massive data center.

One township in Pennsylvania gave a specific list of demands for a data center developer to follow if they want to build their project in the area. Instead, they retracted their initial application and sent in a second one challenging the regulations.

A Physics teacher was arrested for clapping multiple times during a public hearing to rezone land for a proposed gigawatt-scale data center near Emporia, Kansas. The man refused to cooperate when the police asked him to leave and was subsequently dragged out of the venue by four officers.