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A new platform-regulation signal, including a proposed social-media restriction for users under 16.
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Official source ↗Datagrid has started site formation, access-road and infrastructure preparation with HEB Construction.
Official source ↗A proposed Stratford data centre adds Taranaki to New Zealand’s emerging large-scale compute pipeline.
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