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House Republicans allege the Chinese Communist Party is using tax-exempt organizations and social media to wage an influence campaign against American AI infrastructure data centers.

The technology could strap onto existing gas turbines and make them more efficient--but it wouldn't do away with their emissions entirely. A new company has a plan to make the dirty gas turbines powering data centers more efficient: liquid carbon dioxide. American Supercritical came out of stealth Wednesday, announcing $8 million in funding. It wants to retrofit inefficient gas turbines that many data centers rely on for power with units that can generate more power, without adding more emissions (though the gas-fired turbines will continue to emit carbon pollution). The technology can also theoretically be used on a wide variety of energy sources at a time when power demand is skyrocketing.

Abigail Spanberger's Virginia data center plan faces criticism for restricting natural gas generation while aiming to stabilize an increasingly strained electric grid.

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'Russia to test Nato pact' and'Labour eye tax raid' Image caption, The Guardian reports that European intelligence officials are raising the possibility of an imminent Russian attack on Nato territory, with one telling the paper it could happen within months not years. The paper also carries comments from Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who has said intelligence reports suggest it would be part of Moscow's efforts to test whether Article 5 - which holds that Nato members will come to the defence of an ally under attack - is more theoretical than practical. Image caption, The flames of war are pictured on the front page of the Financial Times following Ukraine's latest drone attack on Moscow, described by the city's mayor as the largest attack to date on the Russian capital. The FT also reports that big tech firms have issued up to $300bn in guarantees to back debt for AI data centres and chips in the past year, but are recording little of that exposure on their balance sheets. Image caption, The Daily Telegraph, like several of Monday's papers, leads with speculation Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Chancellor John Healey are eyeing up a tax raid in the upcoming Budget.

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The president has doubled down on data centers and AI. His base is running in the opposite direction. Welcome back to Power Play! Each week, senior writer Molly Taft tackles a topic around this midterm season's biggest issue: data centers. If you've got a question or thought for the column, feel free to shoot Molly an email at [email protected] or reach them securely on Signal at mollytaft.76.

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Sherrod Brown accepted thousands from Google's PAC and lobbyists focused on permitting reform and energy affordability while running ads blaming Ohio data centers for electric bills.