Ukrainian President Zelenskiy met European Council President Costa.

Local opposition to data centers is rising nationwide, with projects repeatedly paused or blocked. Midterm results shifted state regulatory dynamics against AI infrastructure: newly elected governors in Ohio, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico and Texas pledged during campaigns to halt or at least pause statewide data‑center construction; New York and Oregon governors pledged to extend existing moratoria. In Alaska and Kansas, candidates who backed pauses are leading but results are not final. Market intelligence firm Cleanview estimates roughly 40% of planned U.S. data‑center capacity is located in the states above. Separately, 46 local ballot measures have passed or are expected to pass that restrict data‑center development, with at least 17 measures directly banning large data centers.

Shandong province: Jan–Sep loans to commerce and trade totaled 732.6 bln yuan, up 5.54% YoY. The province rolled out a capital-market Ten‑Hundred‑Thousand plan and set up an offshore listing reserve pool; seven firms listed on HKEX, raising 61.5 bln yuan in IPO proceeds. Guided eligible companies issued 13 green foreign‑debt deals, raising $68 mln in low‑cost offshore funding. Jan–Oct export credit insurance coverage exceeded 550 bln yuan, up 14 percentage points YoY.