The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
A sustainable future for data centers
News - North America, Google
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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PG&E sees marginal increase in data center pipeline
240MW of which is in the construction phase
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Google share price slumps as AI data center build-out drives $9bn negative cashflow
Search and cloud giant says capex spending will continue as planned
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Google data center hearing in Hermantown, Minnesota, shut down due to protests
Hearing pushed back a day, but project faces lawsuits and other challenges
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Google signs 1GW virtual power plant deal with Voltus
Biggest VPP deal signed by a hyperscaler to date
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Google expands partnership with Entergy Arkansas, will fund renewable energy and grid upgrades for West Memphis data center
Inks 440MW PPA and backs two BESS projects
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Google explores data center site in Roanoke County, Virginia
Evaluates the Wood Haven Technology Park as a site for project
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Google signs 20-year PPA with AEP for 702MW Wyoming fuel cell project
Fuel cells to be supplied by Bloom Energy
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IURC approves AES Indiana plan for $1.3bn solar, storage, and transmission project for Google data center in Monrovia
Google is expected to pay for all the costs associated with the project
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Google data center strategic sourcing exec heads to OpenAI
Allyson Fealtman to focus on high-speed interconnect and rack power
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Google signs 3.6GW deal with Constellation to secure power in PJM service area
Nuclear and natural gas deal covers major data center markets
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Google named as customer for Crusoe's data center campus in Amarillo, Texas
Campus set to span at least six single-story buildings
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Google-backed Fervo Energy achieves first power at up to 900MW Cape Station geothermal plant in Utah
The first utility-scale enhanced geothermal project to achieve power
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Google inks deal to support nuclear uprates at Georgia Power's Vogtle and Hatch plants
Will add 96MW of additional capacity across the two plants
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Google-backed battery storage pilot in Texas demonstrates how BESS can improve hourly carbon-free matching for data centers
Pilot undertaken by Quintrace, esVolta, and LevelTen Energy
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Google considers data center development in New Mexico
Search giant looking at first facility in the Land of Enchantment
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Google, Nvidia, and Emerald AI found the AI Energy Management Alliance to support demand response capabilities within the data center sector
Joined by a range of launch partners, including Anthropic and RWE
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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 and Blackstone JV experiences delays in data center projects - report
Project Braid hits some snags but executives say it is making "strong progress"
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Google partners with MN8, Eos on West Virginia solar + storage project
Part of Google's efforts to commercialize long-duration storage technology
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Google inks 396MW geothermal PPA with Fervo in Utah
Largest geothermal offtake to date in the sector
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Charter CFO Jessica Fischer to join Google-Blackstone's TPU neocloud
Set to start in October, will be replaced by Kevin Howard
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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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Verizon touts latest Google Cloud AI stack use
More AI for customer interactions and network control
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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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Google reveals it is behind 506-acre Project Clydesdale data center in Oklahoma
Project will be located in Owasso
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Google rumored to have partnered with AMD on TPU v10, as shipments of current generations revised down - report
Details disclosed in a report from research firm SemiAnalysis
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Google announces three new cable projects in the Americas
Trio to land in the Dominican Republic, alongside a new branch of Firmina
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Man found trapped underneath elevator in Google data center in Iowa, taken to hospital - report
Local fire department said man sustained serious injuries