Emerging Tech
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A roundup of some of the myriad topics discussed at the 2026 Annual Conference of the National Association of State CIOs in San Diego, from Congress all the way down to the county elections office. -
The facility, from Roadrunner Venture Studios, is housed in a 35,000-square-foot warehouse. The state’s multimillion-dollar investment is part of its $450 million push to build a quantum industry. -
Charlotte will hold a public hearing next month before the City Council decides whether to extend the citywide pause on new data center development well into 2027.
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Ohio is mounting a campaign to bring the U.S. Space Academy to its region, even as the federal government works through decisions about what kind of school it would be and how it would operate. -
Some of the companies building the most powerful AI systems recently reached out to global leaders calling for government regulation amid concerns about how fast the systems are developing. -
Montana counties need to have more power to regulate data centers, Yellowstone County Commissioners wrote to state legislators in a letter approved Tuesday morning. -
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnsonnull moratorium ordinance Wednesday aimed at blocking the controversial developments from popping up in Chicago for one year. -
Casper College has received a $444,059 grant from the National Science Foundation to expand hands-on quantum science education for students and teachers in Wyoming and beyond. -
The Florida Board of Education approved sweeping rules regulating the use of artificial intelligence in Florida’s public schools, colleges and universities for both students and teachers. -
The city uses AI-powered cameras mounted on garbage trucks to capture images from public streets for software to scan for possible code violations involving lawns, debris, sidewalks and graffiti. -
The Energy Department is launching a $215 million competition to build quantum computers usable in scientific research, hoping early versions of the machines could be operational as soon as 2028. -
As they're being considered and built elsewhere in North Dakota, Grand Forks County and the city of Grand Forks are preparing for a day when a new data center may be proposed in their area. -
The pause arrives in the wake of Ohio becoming “one of the fastest-growing states in terms of data centers looking to locate here,” according to Lima Mayor Sharetta Smith.
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Caution isn’t overreaction but a rational response to an emerging technology that, by all indications, is dangerously out of control. -
The distance between concept and reality is often wide in the world of new-mobility ideas, with futuristic plans often outpacing actual timelines. -
The region could need between 40 percent and 100 percent more electricity in the next two decades, according to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, a power-planning body for the region. -
The resident argues that the process in which the city’s industrial development board approved the benefits back in May was hidden from the public, and that it had no power to abate those taxes. -
Over the last few years, California has quietly but dramatically increased the resiliency of its electrical grid through a significant expansion in battery energy storage that involves solar energy. -
The Michigan Office of Future Mobility and Electrification is funding a slate of initiatives at the intersection of autonomous tech and seafaring application. The Great Lakes are just one testbed. -
Foley is joining a growing list of Alabama cities that have adopted temporary moratoriums on data center development after the City Council voted Tuesday to approve a six-month halt.
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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County General Government and Planning Committee has received more information on an updated zoning ordinance text amendment for data centers.
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