The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
A sustainable future for data centers
News - Grid Level, OpenAI
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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OpenAI gets green light for 3.2GW power deal to supply planned data center in Effingham County, Georgia
US utility Georgia Power will construct the new generation, with the ChatGPT maker expected to foot the bill
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US utility Southern Co reports 55% higher data center power usage compared to last year
Reported a 6GW surge in its contracted large-load pipeline
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OpenAI president Greg Brockman owns stakes in Cerebras, CoreWeave, Stripe, and Helion
All companies with which OpenAI has entered into business deals
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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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OpenAI pledges to “pay its own way” to power Stargate data centers
In an attempt to prevent electricity price increases for regular ratepayers
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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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OpenAI wants to buy 'vast quantities' of nuclear fusion energy from Helion - report
Sam Altman keeping it in the family as he eyes deal with company he chairs
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OpenAI’s Sam Altman and a16z back data center-focused thermal energy company Exowatt
Company aims to store solar energy via thermal battery; company claims 500MW backlog of data center customers in US