Meta's Mark Zuckerberg says energy constraints are holding back AI data center buildout
"We would probably build out bigger clusters than we currently can if we could get the energy to do it"
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Meta shows AI system and liquid-cooled racks at OCP Summit
Facebook owner shares Grand Teton, and updates us on Open Rack Version 3
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Meta joins group measuring benefits of long term energy storage
Facebook owner wants to know how big batteries can cut emissions
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Google, Facebook, and Microsoft oppose 2GW Iowa wind project
Tech giants complain it will put up prices
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Facebook parent Meta will release catalyst data to help make hydrogen fuel more cheaply
Huge oxide catalyst data set for AI researchers
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Facebook to take up to 250MW in QTS’ Hillsboro campus in Oregon
Social network expanding beyond its own Prineville campus in the state, though QTS needs to source the renewable energy it desires first
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Regulators take issue with Facebook power purchase agreements in New Mexico
Commission says three PPAs are complicated and could hurt suppliers’ other customers
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Oregon commission allows Facebook to continue with current renewable energy scheme
State’s Public Utility Commission excludes wind farm from caps previously imposed on FB’s energy provider
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Facebook to buy renewable energy from offshore floating solar farm in Singapore
Social network signs VPPA for energy from floating solar panels, in addition to 100MW signed last year
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New solar farm in Kentucky to provide Facebook with 145MW of power
Logan County Solar farm to provide FB and General Motors with renewable power from 2023
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Facebook announces 10th and 11th data centers at Prineville, Oregon campus amid renewable energy fight
Social network is having issues sourcing renewable power on campus due to regulation change
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UC Santa Barbara launches Facebook Data Center Energy Efficiency Lab
UCSB's Institute for Energy Efficiency gains grant from the hyperscale giant
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Facebook and Carnegie Mellon team up for AI-led energy storage research
Releasing a huge data set to kickstart catalyst research
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Facebook signs 100MW PPA with Singapore's Sunseap for rooftop solar project
Singapore's rooftops will help the social media company stay green
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Facebook signs 806MW of renewable PPAs in Ireland and US
To reduce the impact of its data centers and offices
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New solar farm planned for Facebook's data center campus in Georgia
107MW coming online in 2021
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New Swedish energy tax rules hurt local data centers, say operators
At least one operator has gone bankrupt since a new interpretation of an energy tax incentive emerged
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Giga Data Centers opens 60MW Mooresville, North Carolina data center
Customers at the colocation site are exempt from all sales and use tax until 2029
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Facebook directly invests $416 million in 379MW Texas solar farm
The company is the sole investor in the project and will share the farm's energy output with Shell Energy
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Facebook signs PPA for 122MW of solar power in Utah
The facility is expected to start generating electricity in 2020
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Facebook won't seek state tax incentives for fifth Iowa facility
But will take local tax breaks
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Facebook and Dominion sign solar deal for 350MW of clean power
The deal will provide Facebook with six new solar farms to power its data centers and gives Dominion a chance to boost its renewable energy portfolio
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Facebook considers another data center in Iowa
If completed the project would be the company's fifth data center in Altoona
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Proposed legislation could threaten data center construction near Atlanta BeltLine
Laws could be put in place to protect a future walking path, hindering data center development in the area
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Facebook's data center promises torn apart by human rights groups
The social network is building a data center in Singapore despite promises to avoid countries with a poor human rights and freedom of expression record
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Facebook scraps plan for second Danish data center
The company pulled the plug after spending a year investigating the site
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Facebook is expanding its Irish data center... again
Facebook is adding two data halls to its facility in Clonee for the second time
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Facebook is laying 275 miles of fiber across West Virginia
The company's cable will connect major data centers along a 600 mile route