NextEra secures $1.9bn loan from US DOE to support restart of the Duane Arnold nuclear power plant in Linn County, Iowa
Plant tied to long-term PPA with Google
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Google names 28 startups as part of second AI for Energy Accelerator program
Selects 12 companies in the US and 16 in Europe
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AEP Ohio secures $18m from data center firms for bill assistance program
Meta, QTS, Amazon, SoftBank Energy, and Google all commit funds to the program
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Michigan utility DTE data center pipeline increases to more than 8GW, on the back of deals with Oracle and Google
Announces expansion to its five-year capital investment plan to support power delivery
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NextEra raises data center forecast to 8GW by 2032 at Florida subsidiary FPL
Acquires full ownership of the Duane Arnold nuclear power station
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Trump expands Ratepayer Protection Pledge with 200-plus new signatories
Including utility heavyweights Southern Company, PPL Corp, NextEra Energy, Duke Energy, and American Electric Power
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Google Cloud names Hussein Shel to lead oil & gas unit
Moves over from AWS
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Google's electricity use grew 37 percent in 2025, largest annual rise to date
Claims to have matched its electricity consumption with 100 percent renewables
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US lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to shield ratepayers from data center energy costs
Would target data centers with a capacity of 100MW or more
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Google unveils new open-source liquid-to-air cooling sidecar for air-cooled environments
Dubbed Brazos, the new system furthers OCP development of sidecar designs
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Google-backed CO2 battery firm Energy Dome to deploy 19MW system at SRP run power plant in Arizona
Expected to be operational in 2029
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Google-backed Tapestry completes first deployment of AI platform for PJM interconnection application process
Claims to have processed 811 generation applications in under an hour
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Google, Intersect Power break ground on colocated data center and 1GW+ energy project in Texas
Located in Gray and Roberts Counties, Texas
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Google signs 100MW Bring Your Own Capacity agreement with Voltus
Three year deal will see Voltus supply capacity from energy assets to Google operations across PJM grid
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Elemental Impact launches intitiative with major hyperscalers to accelerate energy and materials technology development
Partner companies include Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft
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Google launches second startup accelerator for AI and energy firms
Backed by more than 20 partner companies
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OCP members tout DC power in the data center to meet growing AI energy demands
Low voltage direct current project targets more efficient servers
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Google and I&M gain regulatory approval for demand response system at Fort Wayne data center in Indiana
Google agrees to reduce energy use at facility during periods of grid stress
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Sana Ouji leaves Google for Anthropic's new energy team, to "responsibly and rapidly scale an ambitious data center portfolio"
Joining Ariel Horowitz and Tim Hughes, and a bunch of ex-Googlers
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Alphabet signs energy supply agreement with Indiana utility NiSource to power large scale data center in Northern Indiana
Also expands existing deal with Amazon
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Google totals 1GW of demand-response capability in US data centers
Company able to reduce data center capacity in times of need in Arkansas, Minnesota, and Michigan
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Google confirms 1GW data center campus near Detroit, Michigan, partners with DTE Energy on 2.7GW power generation
Partnership with DTE Energy will bring 2.7GW of "new, clean resources" to local grid
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Google's $4.75bn acquisition of Intersect Power closes
As hyperscaler pushes further into the power chain
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Google, Tesla, Carrier form new lobbying group focused on US grid capacity
Companies want to advocate for “smarter, faster, and more affordable use of existing grid infrastructure”
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Big tech makes ratepayer protection pledge for data centers at White House
Will see Google, Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, xAI, OpenAI, and Amazon commit to buy or build generation needed for their facilities
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Google to develop 'clean energy' colocated data center in Wilbarger County, Texas
Set to be powered by onsite 'clean energy' developed by AES
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Google announces first data center in Minnesota
Partners with Xcel Energy on the project in Pine Island
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Big tech firms account for 49% of corporate clean energy deals over 2025 - report
Meta, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft dominate clean energy procurement, as overall PPA volumes fall by 10 percent