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DOE Announces Site Selection for Energy Infrastructure and AI Data Centers on Federal Lands

LCG, July 24, 2025--The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the next steps in the Trump administration’s plan to accelerate the development of AI infrastructure by using Federal lands to lower energy costs and help power the global AI race, as previously outlined in President Trump’s Executive Orders on Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure, Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security, and Unleashing American Energy.

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Enbridge Announces 600-MW Solar Project in Texas to Power Meta Data Center Operations

LCG, July 22, 2025--Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge) today announced that it has reached a final investment decision on the Clear Fork solar project located near San Antonio, Texas. Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), has signed a long-term contract for all of the renewable power generated from the 600-MW project.

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China: Death Penalty for Stealing Transmission Wires

LCG, Aug. 6, 2001--A Chinese man who stole a 500 kilovolt transmission line has been sentenced to death for the crime by the Supreme People's Court of Fukien Province, a coastal state fronting on the Taiwan Strait.

The Xinhua news agency reported Saturday that Sun Huaijun had been found guilty of cutting out the line which connects power plant in the town of Changchow with the city of Amoy, on the coast.

It was the second offense for Sun, who had stolen the line earlier in December, 1999. In both thefts, he hauled off 2.4 miles of wire, causing a loss of 2.62 million yuan ($316,000 U.S.) the news agency said.

After the second offense, which Sun committed in January, 2000, police tracked him down in the city of Canton, in Kwangtung Province to the south, where he was arrested in March last year.

According the Xinhua, sabotage of electricity facilities has become common and is considered a serious crime in China. In Fukien Province alone, 364 cases of theft and sabotage of power facilities were reported over the past four years, representing a total loss of 8 million yuan ($964 million).

For those who order Beijing duck instead of Peking duck, Fukien Province is Fujian Province, Changchow is Zhangzhou, Amoy is Xiamen, Canton is Guangzhou and Kwangtung is Guangdong.

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