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The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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Anti-data center candidates claim victory across the US in 2026 Midterm Elections
Democrats secure big wins on back of AI data center opposition
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Bridge DC appoints Drew Chen as co-CEO
Chen to work alongside existing CEO Eric Fan
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Microsoft hires International Energy Agency attorney for its energy team
Evan Pelz joins the hyperscaler as principal corporate counsel
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Putin gives Russian companies permission to use foreign data centers after Ukraine drone strikes
Russia's data center firms ordered to reserve capacity for government departments
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AWS appoints British Embassy advisor as manager of energy policy
Robert Fourqurean will be based in Washington DC
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Two injured after fire at Georgia Bitcoin mining facility
Investigation into cause of blaze ongoing
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Finnish police open criminal investigation into Google over reported mass tree felling at data center site
Google said it will "cooperate with the investigation"
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Theft of AI equipment hits $150m in 2026, with fraud responsible for 92% of incidents – report
Reports of stolen data center equipment up 34 percent since 2024, cargo risk management firm Overhaul said
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Thieves repeatedly steal copper and tools from Culpeper data center construction site
Two masked men wanted by local sheriffs
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UK gov't looks to introduce tougher prison sentences and unlimited fines to subsea cable saboteurs
Current legislation on subsea cable damage dates back to 1885
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Tesla appoints new head of energy programs
Jessy Rivest joins the team
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SpaceXAI facing $6.1m fine in Mississippi for building data centers without securing correct permits
Elon Musk's firm will also be back in court over problematic gas turbines
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Oregon city declares state of emergency over lost data center revenue amid state-wide ban
City of Umatilla was relying on tax revenues due to come in from Sabey and Amazon
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Russian finance ministry data center struck by Ukrainian forces
Another data center damaged in conflict
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Data center outage leaves Portugal's National Health Service without prescriptions
Affected services included National User Registry and the Electronic Medical Prescription (PEM), as well as access to Electronic Health Record
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Arbol launches moratorium risk insurance coverage
First-of-its-kind cover will pay out on suspension of data center construction
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Former OpenAI head of data centers joins Nvidia to help lead DSX Platform team
Chris Malone announced new role two months after OpenAI departure was reported
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OpenAI hires new energy regulatory lead
Will Friedman joins from AWS
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Memphis councilors reject 18-month data center moratorium
Instead, they ban new projects for 135 days
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Russian forces destroy GigaCenter data center in Kyiv, Ukraine
As Ukrainian forces attack telecoms facilities in Russian-occupied Donetsk and Luhansk
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President Trump: Data center firms should offer local residents dividends to get communities on-side
President says to 'make deals and get data centers built'
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CBRE acquires data center services firm Onnec
Initial purchase price of $610 million
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Ballistic strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, leaves Datagroup data center inoperable
Latest in a tête-à-tête of data center strikes
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Google experiences "service disruption" in UK cloud region
Number of banks report issues
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Mosquito control helicopter crashes into radio tower in Florida, killling pilot
The tower was unlit
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VK data center near St. Petersburg, Russia, struck by drone
Another Russian tech firm hit
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Google's EMEA energy team hiring for range of new positions
Further opportunities in the energy space at Google
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Google's DeepMind hiring for nuclear expert
Will be responsible for evaluating and mitigating the safety risks of frontier AI models in the nuclear domain