The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
A sustainable future for data centers
News - Rack Level, Microsoft
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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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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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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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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Hyperscalers prepare for 1MW racks at OCP EMEA; Google announces new CDU
Hyperscalers look to disaggregate power from IT to reach 1MW racks
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Microsoft and Meta reveal open AI rack design with separate power and compute cabinets
Could this usher in the 400V era?
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Consortium including Google and Microsoft launch RFI for low carbon alternatives to diesel back up
The RFI has invited a wide range of companies to submit proposals, including those at the earlier commercialization stage
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Microsoft partners with Caterpillar and Ballard to test megawatt-scale hydrogen fuel cell backup generator
Partially funded by the Department of Energy
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Microsoft gains approval for data center in Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Company gains approval for first of two buildings but still working to source adequate power supply
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Microsoft and Total partner, explore using large batteries instead of diesel genset
Plus Total will use Azure and Microsoft 365
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Hollands Kroon grants environmental permit for second Microsoft data center
Despite local pushback and concerns about the growth of data centers in The Netherlands
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Microsoft promises to be carbon negative by 2030
But will still sell Azure to Big Oil
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Northern Virginia operators unite against Dominion's new renewable tariff
It's too expensive, it kills competition, and it's not even really renewable, says a group including QTS, Microsoft and Equinix
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New Swedish energy tax rules hurt local data centers, say operators
At least one operator has gone bankrupt since a new interpretation of an energy tax incentive emerged
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Microsoft, AWS, Equinix, QTS & more criticize Dominion's fossil fuel plans in Virginia
Data Center Alley giants don't want the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, they want renewables
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Fuel-cell system pitched to replace diesel gensets
PowiDian shows off a new MobHyl unit
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Hyperscalers drive renewable energy generation, says study
Despite some ongoing reliance on fossil fuels
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Sweden’s Vattenfall to supply Microsoft’s Dutch data center with wind energy
Dutch utility Nuon will expand the existing wind farm, with additional electricity powering Microsoft’s Cloud facility
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Irish conservationist files complaint against Microsoft's planned power plant
Stating data center operators should be forced to address energy security issues
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Microsoft to trial gas-powered data center with McKinstry and Cummins
The partners are running a 20-rack test in Seattle
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Zettastructure Singapore: Microsoft talks the future of its cloud infrastructure
David Gauthier reveals the company’s experiments with cooling
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Microsoft’s Dublin data center needs its own power plant
Without even accounting for four new planned facilities
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Tech industry responds to Trump leaving Paris Agreement
Tech vs Trump rift heats up, as does our planet
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OCP Summit: Schneider and Microsoft team up on a distributed PDU
The pair announced the innovation at the Open Compute Project Summit in Santa Clara
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Microsoft applies for artificial reef data center patent
Project Natick evolves into a sea-life haven
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Microsoft buys wind, donates backup power in Cheyenne
Wyoming site funds 237MW of wind power, and makes its generators available to the grid
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White Space 60: Zettastructured
The editorial team talks about the news announced at the DatacenterDynamics event in London
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Microsoft promises to use more renewables
Carbon credits aren’t enough for the long haul, says Microsoft