Maura Healey is the governor of Massachusetts. Recent coverage highlights her call for federal guardrails and independent oversight of AI development, her remarks that Anthropic’s long-term lease at One Kendall Square in Cambridge will create good-paying jobs, and her order requiring data centers over 25 MW to provide clean power while pausing a sales-tax exemption and tightening energy and transparency rules.
Healey vows big AI push while facing energy needsMassachusetts Governor Maura Healey pledged a major push on AI while acknowledging energy costs. She noted a recently signed climate law to speed permitting and siting for clean energy, saying the state needs new homes, labs, data centers and manufacturing to meet demand.
Mass. governor urges federal action on AIMassachusetts Governor Maura Healey called for federal guardrails on AI development, arguing companies alone can't ensure safety and urging independent oversight to balance innovation and public protection. Her statement followed industry leaders' calls to slow frontier model progress.
Anthropic Opens Cambridge Office in Kendall SquareAnthropic signed a long-term lease at One Kendall Square for two floors to open a Cambridge office; Governor Maura Healey said it will create good-paying jobs in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts orders clean power for data centersMassachusetts ordered data centers over 25 MW to provide clean power or pay into a ratepayer protection fund, paused a recent sales-tax exemption, and tightened clean-energy and local-transparency rules.
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