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Tech bills of the week: Community protection from data centers; AI labs for education; and more

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September 11, 2026 05:43 PM ET

Recent proposals look to address data center concerns and establish grant programs to bolster students and educators’ AI and data science skills.

Tech Bills of the Week

Guiding data center development

A new legislative package looks to address government management of data center construction amid artificial intelligence-motivated demands for increased compute capacity. The National Data Center Plan, introduced on Tuesday by Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., is composed of four distinct bills that address different concerns surrounding data center construction.

The first, the Responsible Data Center Siting Act, directs the Energy secretary to create best practices for choosing sites for new data centers, taking issues like energy availability, noise pollution, workforce needs and water and electricity use into account.

The second, the Data Infrastructure Energy Measurement and Standards Act, also focuses on resource usage and asks the National Institute of Standards and...

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Sources: US Senate negotiators are debating a bill to impose a “duty of care” for AI companies and let the government block the release of models deemed unsafe

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Intel says it has already passed a million High-NA EUV wafers - more than the rest of the industry combined

* Intel says it has processed more than one million wafers on High-NA EUV scanners * The figure includes tool certification, R&D, and production combined * ASML's total figure of 1.35 million High-NA wafers made to date puts Intel at roughly three-quarters of the world total to-date Intel

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Don’t waste money on an overly complex coffee maker — as a certified barista, these are the 3 best beginner-friendly machines I recommend for easy brewing

If you're looking for a coffee maker that will make preparing a delicious brew as simple as possible, you're in the right place. I test over a dozen coffee makers each year here at TechRadar, and here I've put together the three I think

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Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie on the Evercade Nexus use the original Rare source code, which included 'a load of stuff' that the studio didn't even know about, Blaze Entertainment says

* Blaze Entertainment says it found hidden features in Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie's source code when developing the Evercade Nexus ports * Head of communications Sean Cleaver says Blaze worked closely with Rare, which handed over the game's original code * The team uncovered "loads" of unreleased features,

Recent proposals look to address data center concerns and establish grant programs to bolster students and educators’ AI and data science skills.

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Sources: US Senate negotiators are debating a bill to impose a “duty of care” for AI companies and let the government block the release of models deemed unsafe

Intel says it has already passed a million High-NA EUV wafers - more than the rest of the industry combined

Don&rsquo;t waste money on an overly complex coffee maker &mdash; as a certified barista, these are the 3 best beginner-friendly machines I recommend for easy brewing

Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie on the Evercade Nexus use the original Rare source code, which included 'a load of stuff' that the studio didn't even know about, Blaze Entertainment says

Don’t waste money on an overly complex coffee maker — as a certified barista, these are the 3 best beginner-friendly machines I recommend for easy brewing