The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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News - North America, Microsoft
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The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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Microsoft thinks its data centers can last for 25 years, reports strong cloud earnings and lower capex
Extends useful life of facilities as it reports Azure revenue for the first time
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Microsoft acquires 37 acres in Licking County, Ohio
Company continues to expand its data center footprint in the region
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Microsoft files for data center campus in Floyd County, Georgia
Will feature three data center buildings
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Microsoft acquires 600 acres of land for data center in Woodward, Iowa
Local residents raise concerns
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Microsoft unveils Azure Maia 300, says chip will be its “primary inference system”
Meanwhile, Maia 200 has already been deployed across multiple geographies
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Microsoft hires new director of global energy and sustainability policy
Ray Fakhoury III joins from AWS
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Microsoft files to develop two-building campus outside Atlanta, Georgia
Expanding plans in Union City
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Microsoft files to build data center campus in Prince William County, Virginia
Company looks to develop two buildings outside Gainesville
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ChronoScale and Microsoft partner on 50MW deployment in North America
Will be based on Nvidia GB300 NVL72 systems
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Microsoft expands partnership with solar cell manufacturer Qcells
Will support the development of virtual power plants
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Iren delivers first phase of AI capacity to Microsoft in Texas
More on the Horizon
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Microsoft signs 23,602-ton carbon removal deal with wastewater alkalinity enhancement firm Crew
Third carbon removal deal for Microsoft since it announced it was adjusting the pace of purchases
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Nvidia debuts Spectrum-6 switches to power next-gen AI networking
Microsoft and SpaceXAI join neoclouds among early users
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Microsoft to deploy AMD Helios rackscale solution to support inference workloads and Azure services
AMD will start shipping Helios in H2 2026
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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's first data center at Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, campus now operational
Two years after project was announced
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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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Microsoft breaks ground on data center campus in La Porte, Indiana
17 buildings planned
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Microsoft breaks ground on Alviso data center campus in San Jose, California
First phase will offer 48MW of capacity
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Microsoft purchases 100 acres next to existing data center campus in Goodyear, Arizona
Land acquired for $131 million
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Microsoft-backed fusion firm Helion raises $465m in Series G funding round
Company valued at $15.5bn
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Microsoft files to expand data center campus in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
Seeks to build on 490 acres of land adjacent to existing campus
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Microsoft unveils Majorana 2 quantum chip
Company says chip puts it on path to achieve scalable quantum computer by 2029
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Microsoft signs 140MW solar PPA with Avangrid in Washington
PPA set to come into effect in 2028
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Kawasaki partners with Nvidia and Microsoft to integrate AI with robotics at new center in San Jose, California - report
Center set to house robots to be used for demonstrations with US partner companies
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OpenAI and Broadcom in discussions over financing of $18bn custom chip project – report
Broadcom’s investment in initial project phase reportedly tied to Microsoft purchase commitments