The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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Amazon says utility PacifiCorp isn't providing enough power to Oregon data centers
Cloud giant lodges complaint with Public Utility Commission in state
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Amazon-linked data center project in Tucson, Arizona, requests power despite water denial from local officials
Project Blue still moving forward despite strong opposition
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AEP reports 18GW of data center load growth through 2029
Added more than 4GW of peak demand since last year, largely the result of new data centers
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Talen looks to pivot away from colocated power agreements with data centers
Company could seek grid based deals to power data centers
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Google, Amazon, Meta sign pledge to triple global nuclear capacity
Tripling today's nuclear fleet would take world to more than 1 million megawatts of capacity
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AWS says power outage in nearby Swedish town was unrelated to its data center work
After local reports blamed the company for three outages
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Appalachian Power identifies site for SMR in Virginia
The company plans to apply for project approval with the Virginia State Corporation Commission in the spring of 2025
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FERC blocks plan for Susquehanna nuclear plant interconnection to Amazon data center
Would have supported an expanded colocated load at an AWS data center connected to the 2.5GW plant
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Exelon reports 80 percent growth in data center backlog
11GW of likely data center demand within its service territory
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AWS hiring for data center 'principal nuclear engineer' to evaluate SMRs and nuclear fuel strategy roadmaps
After the blockbuster deal to build campus next to a traditional nuclear power plant
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Dominion Energy "open" to having a data center next to Connecticut nuclear power plant
May look to follow Talen Energy's AWS move
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AWS plans 20MW Bloom fuel cell PPA for upcoming Silicon Valley data center
As Silicon Valley Power struggles to keep up with data center growth
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Amazon staff say company is 'distorting the truth' on renewable energy progress
Just 22 percent power used by hyperscaler's data centers comes from renewables, pressure group claims
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Talen says rivals want to unlawfully "hijack" Amazon nuclear-powered data center deal
Regulatory intervention would amount to "ad hoc referendum" on future of US data center load, company claims
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"A free rider": Energy firms protest AWS nuclear data center deal
AEP and Exelon say Amazon will be using grid but avoiding transmission fees
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Amazon, Google, Microsoft want to build own power lines in Ireland - report
Companies aim to build own transmission lines to keep Dublin build-out on track
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AWS granted 1,600-acre rezoning request, plans 15-building campus at Pennsylvania nuclear site
Company going big at nuclear site acquired from Talen
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AWS restricts data center access in Ireland amid power concerns - report
But elsewhere in Ireland new developments continue
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Amazon lobbies against Oregon's data center clean energy bill
Hyperscalers have yet to say anything public about House Bill 2816
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AWS to adopt HVO for data centers in Dublin
Ireland and Sweden first two markets cloud company rolling out biodiesel to
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AWS looks to deploy Bloom fuel cells at Oregon data centers as primary fuel source
Company seeking to use natural gas to power data centers
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Uptime Institute tool shows emissions savings of migrating workloads
Why not shift your AWS instances from Frankfurt to Stockholm?
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Amazon's carbon emissions went up by 18% again, says it will still hit zero carbon by 2040
Big jumps two years running
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Climate protesters stage demo outside Data Centres Ireland event in Dublin
Gas generators will be kept alive to service data centers, says People Before Profit
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ScottishPower opens Amazon-funded wind farm in Kintyre, Scotland
50MW of unsubsidized wind power - and it all goes to Amazon
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AWS proposes 'discreet' power lines for data center in Loudoun, Virginia
Officials were worried about the residents in the area