The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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Two days of anti-data center protest planned across Europe
Stop Dirty Data Centres 'days of action' follow anti-data center midterms in the US
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More than 100 protesters break into Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam
Protesting water use, AI, and ties to Israel
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Plans for Poland’s National Data Processing Center fleshed out by NASK
The research and development institute said that the facility’s first phase will now require up to 15MW of power
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Ongoing labor dispute sees Micron pause construction at its $4.5bn memory fab in Taoyuan, Taiwan – report
Micron is latest memory chip maker to face push back from employees over profit sharing bonuses
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Google announces $17bn data center campus in Cheyenne, Wyoming
Set to be powered via fuel cells and gas generation, coupled with CCS
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Playmobil owner to enter data center market with new facility in Dietenhofen, Germany
The proposed facility will have power requirements of up to 100MW
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OpenAI promises to drop NDAs and increase community transparency, following anti-data center wave
Publishes Compute Campus Policy and National Community Compact
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More than half of US hyperscale data center projects face 'regulatory friction' after 2026 midterm elections - report
National moratorium remains a low-probability scenario, analyst report says
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Lambda to develop four-building data center campus in Lowndes County, Alabama
Company says it will invest $33.1bn in the state
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UK renewable firm Downing expands into data center market with 500MW pipeline
Projects located in central Sweden and southern Finland
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AWS proceeds with data center project in Walla Walla, Washington
Details provided about cloud giant's first data center in the state
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Heartland Oil plans 7MW Bitcoin mine at Saskatchewan gas plant in Canada
Will use gas from company's oil wells
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NBC exit poll: 56% say AI data centers were a crucial or major factor in Congressional vote decision
87 percent called it a factor overall, with heavy weighting towards Democrats
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Google commits to $15bn investment in Malaysian data centers
Investments will occur during 2027 and 2028
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JLL acquires data center consultancy, expanding data center services offering
Reflects “growing importance” of data centers
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NTT Data opens JKT2A data center in Indonesia
Facility is designed for AI workloads
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Samsung SDS breaks ground on Gumi AI Data Center in South Korea
Will eventually offer 120MW
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TerraVolt acquires site in Idaho to develop 240MW gas powered behind-the-meter data center campus
Acquires 1,077 acres in Cassia County
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SM+ launches data center in Jakarta, Indonesia
Taiwanese cloud provider Konst leasing capacity at facility
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Tract expands into UK, plans 500MW campus in Durham
Company seeking feedback on plans for seven-building campus
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Drax partners with Brookfield and Radiant for up to 1GW data center at North Yorkshire power station
First phase targeting 100MW of capacity by 2028
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Anthropic signs lease with Australian Data Centres in Western Downs, Queensland
ADC is 85 percent owned by Dexus
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SpaceXAI launching two additional data center campuses in Mississippi to further expand Colossus 2
Sites, dubbed Gun Range and Spam, will both be operational by end of the year, Musk claimed
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Microsoft buys 616 acres for $95.5m in Dallas County, Iowa
More than double what the previous buyer paid
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Rostelecom in talks with Norilsk Nickel for underground data centers amid drone attacks
As Ukraine hits data centers, Russia considers bunker facilities
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Google eyes 1,000 acres for 1.2GW data center in Goochland County, Virginia
Would be developed in the West Creek Business Park
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Prometheus Hyperscale pulls out of gigawatt-scale data center project in Casper, Wyoming
News takes local officials by surprise, landowner aims to continue project without Prometheus
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Google's Project Suncatcher runs first workload on orbital TPU, but company admits space data centers cost 100x more than terrestrial
AI poetry proves the system works, but finances remain unclear