Saudi Arabia Is Standardizing the Ground Rules for Commercial Data Centers
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Municipalities and Housing has adopted uniform municipal requirements for standalone commercial data centers.
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America’s New Water Proposal Makes 30 Dry Days a Regulatory Hinge
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army have added new alternatives to their proposed definition of “waters of the United States.”
Read analysisAustralia Has Turned Retired Government Devices Into a Public-Service Asset
Australian federal, state and territory ministers have agreed national principles for reusing surplus government information and communications technology devices.
Read analysisJapan Is Moving Nature Finance From Disclosure Toward Investment Decisions
Japan's environment ministry has issued voluntary nature-finance guidelines and opened a model program for financial institutions.
Read analysisIndonesia’s Waste-to-Energy Buildout Starts Before the Furnace
Indonesia plans 11 waste-to-energy facilities to enter service progressively through 2028.
Read analysisThe EU Has Put ChatGPT Inside Its Largest-Service Rulebook
The European Commission has designated ChatGPT a very large online search engine, placing the service under the Digital Services Act’s strongest systemic-risk and accountability obligations.
Read analysisGermany Is Building a Market for Electricity That Must Be Available
European approval clears Germany to reward dependable electricity capacity as well as energy output, creating a long-term market for generation, storage, demand response and cross-border participation.
Read analysisIndia Is Giving Rural Water Systems a Shared Digital Identity
India’s new rural water data-sharing policy builds common identifiers, registries and exchange rules around millions of habitations, turning fragmented records into potential operating infrastructure.
Read analysisJapan Is Asking Which Infrastructure Still Needs to Exist
Japan’s infrastructure-management consultation moves beyond maintenance technique to a harder question: how shrinking municipalities should reorganize assets and services they can no longer manage one by one.
Read analysisChina Is Moving Tunnel Safety Upstream
A new national directive treats tunnel accidents as the product of decisions made across procurement, design, scheduling and construction—not just failures at the tunnel face.
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