The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
A sustainable future for data centers
News - Cloud & Hyperscale, Zachary Skidmore, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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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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Google commits $160m to develop water treatment plant for planned data center in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Will also serve the local community
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Meta to buy 200,000 tons of low carbon cement associated credits from Fortera
Multi-year deal will support development of Fortera cement plant in Missouri
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Microsoft signs two PPAs with Macquarie-backed Blueleaf Energy in Japan
Blueleaf has a portfolio of around 1.2GW of solar projects in the Japanese market
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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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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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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 DeepMind hiring for nuclear expert
Will be responsible for evaluating and mitigating the safety risks of frontier AI models in the nuclear domain
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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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Akamai signs 13MW rooftop solar vPPA with EDP in Singapore
Delivered from a portfolio of 27 solar projects
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Oracle trucks in gas to support operations at Utah and Texas data centers - report
Reportedly considering the same for stalled Project Jupiter in New Mexico
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Google's global head of advanced energy departs company
Michael Terrell leaves Google after 19 years
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Microsoft to invest $10bn into Gulf states by 2030
Earmarked for investments across the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Kuwait
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Meta signs 144MW solar PPA with Apex in Texas
Seventh agreement between the two companies
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Google inks deal to support nuclear uprates at Georgia Power's Vogtle and Hatch plants
Will add 96MW of additional capacity across the two plants
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Google-backed battery storage pilot in Texas demonstrates how BESS can improve hourly carbon-free matching for data centers
Pilot undertaken by Quintrace, esVolta, and LevelTen Energy
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Prysmian, Rio Tinto to supply Amazon data center in Ohio with low-carbon aluminum
Will deliver electrical cabling to the data center
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Generac signs $8bn back up generator deal with Amazon
Initial deliveries over next two years will total $2.4bn
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Google inks multi-million ton carbon removal deal with ERW firm Terradot
The hyperscaler's largest carbon removal deal to date
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Oracle signs 1.7GW of wind energy supply agreements to support operations in Texas
Includes major deals with RWE and Engie
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Google inks one million ton carbon removal deal with Mitti Labs in India
Credits generated by the company's methane-reduction projects in the rice farming sector
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Oracle issues RFP for 2GW of new renewable capacity in New Mexico
Announces $1m funding package for carbon capture and storage research
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Google signs nuclear PPA with Fortum in Loviisa, Finland
The company's first nuclear PPA outside of the US market