AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoRare Earth Manufacturing: USA Rare Earth says its Stillwater plant could start commercial magnet production by 2028, after years of delays and with federal backing—still, it hasn’t sold a single magnet yet. AI for Science: Savannah River National Laboratory is expanding a long-running partnership with Silica-X to build AI tools for scientific data management under the DOE’s Genesis Mission. Local Data Center Pushback: South Carolina counties are moving ahead with their own data center moratoriums as residents push back on energy use; Spartanburg’s one-year pause follows a $2.8B project already in the works. Solar Industry Update: ES Foundry completed a 2 GW expansion at its Greenwood solar cell factory, bringing total capacity to 3 GW and producing first cells off the new line. Cyber/Policy: A Senate Commerce panel is set to vote on a bill tightening restrictions on Chinese-connected connected vehicles and related software/hardware. Education & Literacy: A South Carolina-focused commentary warns the “learning recession” is widening reading and writing gaps by high school. Health/Compliance: A lawsuit accuses Nephron of covering up fentanyl loss and allegedly misleading the FDA.
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