DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Grid Level, Dan Swinhoe, DCD
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Vertiv acquires microgrid company UtilityInnovation
Sees data center supplier move up the chain into the behind-the-meter space
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NZ utility Mercury invests in data center firm Datagrid
Energy company takes minority stake in NZ operator
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Verrus plans three-building data center campus outside Portland, Oregon
Company aims to develop grid-reactive campus in Salem
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Aruba acquires three hydroelectric plants around Turin, Italy
Company now owns 11 hydro plants, totaling 11.6MW of capacity
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DigitalBridge to acquire energy investor ArcLight Capital for $1bn
Data center investors takes over multi-gigawatt power portfolio
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Former QTS CEO Chad Williams back with new data center powered land venture
QII aims to offer “multi-gigawatt” projects, few details available
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T1 Energy secures 50MW grid connection for former battery manufacturing site in Norway set to become data center
Company still fighting for previously revoked 60MW allocation, in queue for nearly 400MW of capacity
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Google, Tesla, Carrier form new lobbying group focused on US grid capacity
Companies want to advocate for “smarter, faster, and more affordable use of existing grid infrastructure”
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APAC data center provider Bridge DC to explore nuclear power as potential energy source
Partners with Singaporean R&D institute and engineering consultancy firm
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Plans for ammonia plant in Norway dropped, company set to target site for data center development
Delays to project saw plant lose place in queue with Norwegian grid operator
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Planned data center in Maine under threat from proposed moratorium
Project in Sanford could be killed before it gets off the ground
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Jakob Carnemark’s Endeavour launches new power system offering
Company looks to replace turbines, fuel cells, and generators
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1GW data center campus proposed in Alberta, Canada
Roots Data Center co-founder back with new venture, Synapse
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CyrusOne partners with energy firm Eolian for Dallas data center
DFW7 colocated with existing BESS project, will use existing transmission infrastructure
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330MW Google-linked data center proposed in Southern California
Project in Imperial causes friction between city and county officials
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Nebius plans 800MW data center campus outside Kansas City, Missouri
Company working to develop ten-building campus
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Singapore opens call to develop 200MW of data center capacity
City-state puts out second call for applications following years-long moratorium
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CyrusOne signs 210MW energy deal with Calpine for Texas data center campus
Companies announced second phase of 400MW deal to serve Bosque County project
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Proposals for 100MW natural gas-powered data center campus rejected in North Carolina
Affiliate behind proposal linked to local solar developer
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Amazon-linked data center project in Tucson, Arizona, requests power despite water denial from local officials
Project Blue still moving forward despite strong opposition
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Thailand’s NT and BCPG partner for data center development
Details lacking on planned project
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Fibernet CEO eyes multi-gigawatt data center campus in Utah
Fibernet MercuryDelta still looking to use the Intermountain Power Plant as basis of off-grid campus
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Five Point launches PowerBridge, targets gigawatt-scale natural gas-powered data centers
New firm to work with Five Point’s land, water, and gas units in the Permian Basin
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Cryptominer Cipher signs 300MW energy deal with Engie in Texas
Companies colocating data centers with wind farm
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Vantage loses appeal to overturn data center planning permission denial in Dublin
Planning regulator denied Vantage over grid connection
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Natural gas-powered data center pitched in San Jose, California
Site to use absorption chillers and cooling and DC power to the racks
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250MW natural gas-powered data center campus announced in Durango, Mexico
Fermaca Dreams to develop data center, gas line, and power plant
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Abu Dhabi’s ADQ and Energy Capital form $25bn energy partnership to power data centers
Companies aim to bring 25GW of capacity online in the US