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The Gap Between Guarantors
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The Grid Goes Classified
Zayo and zColo data center facilities, Ashburn, Virginia, the densest concentration of data centers in the world. Source: Google Earth.
A 2015 grid security statute written for the nuclear weapons complex is now being used to pull commercial AI data centers into a defense-energy framework. The architecture is in place. The list is sealed by law.
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The Gap Between Guarantors
Mali’s junta was quietly returning to Washington when JNIM struck Bamako and Russia began negotiating its retreat from the north.
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Dispatches
- 01Ukraine Is No Longer Just Hitting Russian Oil. It Is Hitting the Switchboard.April 30, 2026
- 02ABU DHABI’S THREE MOVESApril 28, 2026
- 03THREE BUDGET LINES, ONE BOTTLENECKApril 28, 2026
- 04CENTCOM’s Conditional Contraband Doctrine Outlasts the CeasefireApril 17, 2026
- 05AZEC+ as China’s Hormuz Problem Made VisibleApril 17, 2026
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