Tag: #infrastructure

CBO: $1 Billion in Flood Adaptation Could Cut $3–4 Billion in Future Damage Over 30 Years

CBO finds $1B in federal flood adaptation could cut $3–4B in future flood damage over 30 years, but official budget scores typically won't count those savings.

#flood, #climate, #cbo, #infrastructure

Meta plans 'Petal' subsea cable to deliver 1 petabit/s across the Atlantic by 2029

Meta says it will build Petal, a transatlantic subsea cable with 1 petabit-per-second capacity by 2029, using multi-core fiber with NEC and Sumitomo.

#meta, #subsea, #transatlantic, #infrastructure

Facility Problems Forced Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. School Districts to Cancel School in 2024–25, GAO Finds

A GAO report says facility issues led nearly 19% of U.S. districts to cancel school in 2024–25, disrupting about 2 million students and 3.5 million learning days.

#education, #infrastructure, #schools, #gao

GAO: End of CFATS Left Thousands of High‑Risk Chemical Sites Without Terrorist‑Watchlist Vetting

GAO says ending CFATS in 2023 removed federal terrorist‑watchlist vetting for workers at thousands of U.S. high‑risk chemical sites, leaving a security gap.

#chemicalsecurity, #cisa, #gao, #infrastructure

North Korea and Russia Open First Direct Road Bridge Linking Rason and Khasan

A new road bridge over the Tumen River now links Rason and Khasan, giving Russia and North Korea their first permanent vehicle crossing and boosting trade ties.

#russia, #northkorea, #infrastructure, #trade

Researchers Find Position-Independent KV Cache Reuse Can Let One User Hijack Another’s LLM Output

Researchers show position-independent KV-cache reuse in LLM inference can let attackers' context influence other users' outputs, posing risks for shared serving.

#ai, #security, #infrastructure, #ml, #llm

Trump Grants Presidential Permit for Bridger Cross‑Border Pipeline; Project Still Faces Reviews and Legal Challenges

President Trump granted a permit April 30 for Bridger’s cross-border pipeline into Montana, but federal and state reviews and legal fights remain.

#pipeline, #energy, #montana, #environment, #infrastructure