The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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News - Grid Level, Microsoft
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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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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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 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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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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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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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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Microsoft secures power supply for data center project in Malaga, Washington
Will provide power over a 15-year term with the option to extend
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Google hires Microsoft nuclear exec for advanced energy technology team
Patrick Taylor joins as hyperscalers look for new ways to beat grid crunch
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Indiana regulators approve new rules for data centers seeking grid connection
Will apply to new or expanded facilities with a capacity of at least 70MW
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Microsoft to build energy infrastructure technologies team, hiring for transmission tech director
Along with an energy tech researcher to develop "precommercial energy technologies"
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Duke Energy to connect 2GW of new data center capacity
It is unclear whether the 2GW of new connections comes from one or several customers
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Microsoft urged to ditch plans to power Wisconsin data center with methane gas
State will be locked into "30 more years of fossil fuels" if scheme goes ahead
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Three Mile Island nuclear power plant to return as Microsoft signs 20-year, 835MW AI data center PPA
Site expected to return in 2028, in huge nuclear deal
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US DOE considers building AI data center testbed, setting data center standards, grid upgrade tariffs
Building its own facility and enacting new legislation to help avert AI energy crisis
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Microsoft's director of energy strategy Nur Bernhardt joins Cloverleaf Infrastructure
Reuniting with former Microsoft energy chief Brian Janous
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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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Duke Energy, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Nucor sign MoU for clean energy in the Carolinas
MoU seeks to introduce tariffs that reduce long term costs of investing in clean energy
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Microsoft and G42 to build geothermal-powered data center in Kenya
Part of $1 billion investment in East African country
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Microsoft has more than 20GW of renewable energy under contract
As it plans for its data centers to be carbon neutral by 2030