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July 2025

The Underappreciated Need to Enable AI and Data Center Growth

Data Centers for the storage and computation of data began in earnest in the U.S. in 2006 as the concept of performing computations and storing data off premises (The Cloud) began to take shape. More recently, data centers have become synonymous with realizing the promise of generative artificial intelligence (AI). It is generally understood that for the U.S. to continue to lead unabated in the AI revolution, the country must build data centers at an unprecedented, accelerated pace.

Sen Luján Presses President Trump’s New NTIA Administrator on Day One: Stop Delaying Broadband Funds for New Mexico

Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) called on Arielle Roth, the recently confirmed Administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), to fulfill her responsibility to fully implement programs authorized and funded by Congress—specifically, the Digital Equity Act and the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program. Senator Luján urged Roth to make her first act as Administrator the immediate restoration of suspended digital equity grants and the release of approved federal funding to connect all New Mexicans to broadband.

‘Digital navigators’ offer one-on-one help to sharpen computer skills. Cuts to federal funding mean there could be fewer of them in Greater Cleveland

The Northeast Ohio Regional Digital Opportunity Alliance, which includes the Cuyahoga County Public Library, was planning to increase the number of digital navigators in 2025. It was part of a larger plan to expand efforts to close the digital equity gap.

Sens Fischer, Cortez Masto Introduce MAP for Broadband Funding Act

Senators Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced the Modernization, Accountability, and Planning (MAP) for Broadband Funding Act, to provide oversight of the Federal Communication Commission’s Broadband Funding Map to ensure it is functioning effectively for the public, federal agenc

Groups Challenge FCC's Bureau-Level Order Suspending Prison Phone Rate Cap

A coalition of public interest groups filed a formal challenge to a recent bureau-level decision at the Federal Communications Commission to delay rate caps that would make prison phone calls more affordable. Public interest groups including Worth Rises, the United Church of Christ Media Justice Ministry, and the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society, filed an application for review urging the FCC to overturn the 

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