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Broadband Construction Begins on Laguna Pueblo
Tribal members on the Laguna Pueblo will soon have access to high-speed internet after a broadband fiber infrastructure project...
Farmed Sourced News
Aug 140 min read
Yes, and Yes
Can a large data center be built away from water resources and be independently powered?
Farmed Sourced News
Aug 120 min read
Data Center Water in New Mexico
Project Jupiter AI data center build raises concerns about water usage in rural New Mexico desert
Farmed Sourced News
Jun 160 min read
Data Centers Going Rural
Nearly 40% of Americans now live within 5 miles of a data center.
Farmed Sourced News
Apr 130 min read
Feds Approve New Mexico's $382M Broadband Plan
[U]nlocking funding to connect more than 42,500 unserved and underserved locations statewide.
Farmed Sourced News
Jan 270 min read
Rural Broadband: New Mexico
State broadband office releases Three-Year Statewide Broadband Plan
Farmed Sourced News
Jan 50 min read
Harnessing New Mexico Wind:
State’s Fight to Win Hearts and Minds for Clean Energy
R.N.D.I. Sourced News
Oct 22, 20250 min read
Water Infrastructure and Natural Disasters
[R]ural, low-income, and other vulnerable communities struggle to get access to [government] funding.
Farmed Sourced News
Aug 11, 20250 min read
Misplaced Data
Data center development has run amok. The area in Northern Virginia known as "Data Center Alley," for example, is the largest cluster of data centers in the world. That's a problem.
Farmed Sourced News
Jul 8, 20250 min read
R.N.D.I. Partner Video
Open and watch the 30-second RNDI video.
Farmed Sourced News
Mar 3, 20250 min read
DHS: AI in Critical Infrastructure
A set of recommendations for the safe and secure development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in critical infrastructure from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Farmed Sourced News
Nov 14, 20240 min read
Investing in Rural America
Read how the U.S. Department of Transportation implemented billions of dollars in 2004 to build rural infrastructure.
Farmed Sourced News
Jul 1, 20240 min read
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