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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National Grid Ventures invests $1.75bn in Joulent for construction of gas plant powering 2GW Microsoft data center in Texas
Joulent is a portfolio company of Engine No. 1
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Microsoft UK's Thames Valley Park campus could be redeveloped as a gas-powered data center
Reading site set to head to public consultation
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Microsoft plans 2GW data center campus in Pecos, Texas
Chevron signed on for energy supply deal
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Microsoft proposes ratepayer-protection tariff in Nevada
Part of its Community-First AI Infrastructure initiative, announced earlier in the year
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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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Microsoft and G42 data center in Kenya stalled due to lack of power capacity
Data center was first announced in May 2024
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Microsoft 'considering' scrapping 24/7 renewable energy matching target - report
Discussions remain ongoing
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Prime Group to deploy Edge compute at self-storage sites across US
Company lists dozens of potential storage locations for potential Edge use cases
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Microsoft inks gas deal with Chevron and Engine No. 1 to supply power for AI data centers
Likely relates to a $7bn power and data center project in West Texas
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Microsoft suffered "power interruption" at West US cloud region in February
Details problem in incident report, with full outage avoided
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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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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
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Microsoft prototypes high-temperature superconductors for data centers
Could make data centers more efficient
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Trump says US data centers will pay their fair share for electricity, starting with Microsoft
To avoid impact on local communities, Microsoft will pay for electricity upgrades and not accept tax breaks
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MISO partners with Microsoft to deploy AI tools in effort to modernize grid planning and operations
Microsoft will provide access to Azure and Foundry AI technologies
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Three Senate Democrats send hyperscalers letters as they investigate data centers’ impact on US electricity prices
CoreWeave, Digital Realty, and Equinix also sent questions as electricity bills rise
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Sean James, Microsoft's senior director of energy & data center research, joins Nvidia
James headed many of Microsoft's most ambitious data center research projects, including Project Natick
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Constellation secures $1bn loan from US DOE to support restart of Three Mile Island nuclear plant - report
Plant is tied to 20-year PPA with Microsoft
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Aalo Atomics partners with Microsoft to accelerate nuclear permitting process using AI
Will leverage Microsoft's Generative AI for Energy Permitting Solution Accelerator
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Superconducting firm Veir completes first data center transmission pilot
Proves that its STAR system can transmit 3MW of power within a simulated data center environment
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Microsoft has AI GPUs “sitting in inventory” because it lacks the power necessary to install them
Speaking on the Bg2 Pod, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said power, not compute, is biggest data center constraint
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Microsoft resorts to gas generators at Querétaro, Mexico, data center due to power grid delays
The temporary measure is intended to guarantee the continuity of its operations
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Microsoft joins World Nuclear Association
Joins the likes of Constellation, Oklo, and EDF
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Helion begins work at fusion plant, expects to deliver power to Microsoft by 2028
Still needs to acquire the final permits from state government
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Microsoft shifting data center focus away from Ireland due to lack of power availability - report
Focusing on Nordics instead
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Three Mile Island nuclear plant restart ahead of schedule in boon to Microsoft's AI ambitions - report
Initially slated for operations in 2028
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Microsoft secures power supply for data center project in Malaga, Washington
Will provide power over a 15-year term with the option to extend