White House Takes Data Storage and Datacenters Off “Critical” Technology List

White House takes data storage and datacenters off “critical” technology list

The White House has removed high-performance data storage and datacenters from the list of “Critical ...

White House cuts data centers, batteries from critical technology list

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Why Did the White House Remove Data Centers, Batteries, and AR From the U.S. National Security Technology List?

On August 19, 2026, Tom’s Hardware drew attention to a striking feature of the White House’s new technology strategy: several technologies that had appeared explicitly on the federal Critical and Emerging Technologies list in 2024 no longer appear in its 2026 successor. Advanced cloud services, high-performance data storage and data centers, batteries, grid-integration technologies, advanced gas turbine engines, augmented reality, and virtual re…

White House cuts data centers, batteries, and AR from the US critical technology list — post-quantum cryptography, integrated photonics, high entropy alloys among new additions

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has published its renewed National Security Science & Technology Strategy, and Appendix A of the 24-page document rewrites the federal Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) list for the first time since February 2024, shrinking it from 18 categories to 14. Advanced cloud services, high-performance data storage and data centers, batteries, grid integration, gas turbine engines, and augmen…