The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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News - Sustainability
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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Google signs 1GW virtual power plant deal with Voltus
Biggest VPP deal signed by a hyperscaler to date
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OVHcloud wins approval to connect data centers in Roubaix, France, to local district heating network
Project now in its operational phase
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Tata Power eyes 2.8GW of generation, transmission, and distribution for Indian data center sector
Current estimates have the Indian data center market reaching 26.3GW by 2031-32
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Water harvesting firm Aquaria launches pilot for modular onsite water supply system for data center sector
First units to be shipped in Q3 2027
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NTT and Docomo to pilot AI-controlled base stations to boost renewable use and support demand response
Plan to complete the demonstration by the end of December
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Nvidia launches DSX POD, claims the Vera-Rubin reference architecture will make AI data centers more water and energy efficient
Details released at GTC Berlin event, taking place this week
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Blackstone closes latest energy transition fund at $8.7bn, backs several data center focused energy firms
Closed 50 percent higher than the previous fund
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Google-backed Symbiosis Coalition signs 320,000 ton carbon removal deal with agroforestry firm Working Trees
Will support the conversion of degraded cattle pastures in Brazil into mixed-species silvopasture systems
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Google expands partnership with Entergy Arkansas, will fund renewable energy and grid upgrades for West Memphis data center
Inks 440MW PPA and backs two BESS projects
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1GW data center proposed alongside solar farm in Norfolk, UK
Would be UK's largest solar park
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Amazon and AEP to explore deployment of up to 960MW of X-energy SMRs in Indiana
Second major deal signed by Amazon and X-energy with a regional utility
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Google-backed carbon buying consortium Frontier signs $11.7m removal deal with 44.01
The contract covers 20,932 tons of carbon
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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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UK council launches heat network feasibility study for proposed data centers near Didcot Power Station in Oxfordshire
Will be undertaken by Nordic Energy, with results published in March of next year
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Uruguay gov't partners with Solaria for up to 500MW of data center capacity
Expected to be powered in part by solar power
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Greece drafts legislation requiring data centers source 60% of power from renewables
Also proposes the creation of a data center registry
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Nvidia joins The Earthshot Prize as new founding member
Will provide finalists with resources and compute to scale technology
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Google signs 20-year PPA with AEP for 702MW Wyoming fuel cell project
Fuel cells to be supplied by Bloom Energy
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IURC approves AES Indiana plan for $1.3bn solar, storage, and transmission project for Google data center in Monrovia
Google is expected to pay for all the costs associated with the project
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U Mobile partners with HLGY Energy to deploy 5G-supported smart solar farms across Malaysia
Inks MoU to set parameters of deployment
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Akamai signs 13MW rooftop solar vPPA with EDP in Singapore
Delivered from a portfolio of 27 solar projects
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Dolphin Telecoms signs solar deal with Grid Crux to power ACE cable landing station in Lagos, Nigeria
Grid Crux will design, finance, install, and operate the system at the cable landing station
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Google's global head of advanced energy departs company
Michael Terrell leaves Google after 19 years
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Waste heat from Goodman data center in Frankfurt, Germany, to power district heating system
Firm will recover and supply 50MW to warm buildings and a swimming pool
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Sesterce to invest $10bn in 600MW AI data center campus in Jämsä, Finland
Developer says it has already secured an anchor customer for the site
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Google signs 3.6GW deal with Constellation to secure power in PJM service area
Nuclear and natural gas deal covers major data center markets
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NetworkOcean runs GPU on floating data center powered by solar panels in San Francisco Bay
Startup has pivoted away from underwater data centers to harness the power of the sun
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Xeal wants to use spare EV charging capacity to power Edge data centers for AI inference
GPUs could be coming to a parking lot near you