ERCOT to complete Texas data center audit by December
Audit ordered by governor last month
News - Standards & Regulations, Zachary Skidmore, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
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Ireland weighs cut-price gas for data centers in exchange for curtailment - report
Facilities would have to temporarily power down during periods of high demand
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Thailand pauses construction on 49 data centers, as it plans new regulations
Due to growing concerns over power consumption and local community impacts
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Moscow bans cryptomining until end of 2032, citing power concerns
Cryptocurrency mining consumes approximately 1GW of power in Moscow alone
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California lawmakers pass data center ratepayer protection bills, send to governor for approval
If passed, the legislation would create separate electricity tariffs for large data centers
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New Jersey governor signs law requiring data centers to report energy and water use
Follows new rate class establishment in July
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Delaware enacts clean energy mandate for hyperscale data centers
As well as several new laws targeting the sector
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US utility TVA imposes new rates on data center firms
Will have to pay approximately 10 percent higher charges for power use
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Singapore gov't allocates 200MW of power for four data center developers on Jurong Island
Digital Realty, Equinix, Keppel Data Centers, and ST Telemedia Global Data Centers will each be allocated 50MW of new capacity
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Pennsylvania Governor signs executive order imposing strict requirements on data center developments
Mandates that data center projects receive all required local approvals before permits are issued
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New South Wales to require new data centers run 40% on wind energy under new framework
Data centers that fail to meet the standards could see their projects rejected
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PJM considering changes to interconnection reliability requirements for data centers following mass outage
The outage, which originated in Northern Virginia, brought approximately 4GW of data center load offline
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Bloomberg NEF: Texas grid pause puts 20 percent of US data center pipeline at risk
Governor initiated a pause in interconnections earlier this month
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Ohio regulators direct data center firms to provide utility AEP Ohio with 180 days notice prior to grid connection
Adds to the existing large load rate class structure in the state
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Virginia regulators order Dominion Energy to directly assign transmission costs to data centers
Follows growing scrutiny from state regulators
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US lawmaker proposes Data Center Bill of Rights targeting AI data center developments
Would provide local communities with a greater say over data center developments
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Texas governor directs PUCT, ERCOT to audit all data centers seeking grid connection
If projects fail to comply with set requirements, they will be denied access to the grid
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NV Energy files suit against Tract over Nevada data center costs
Tract denies the allegations
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Amazon, Duke Energy accused of evading Clean Air Act at under-development data center in Hamlet, North Carolina
Generators permitted for one year
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PJM files two plans with FERC in attempt to close data center power gap - report
Files to create a registry of data centers across footprint
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Ofgem proposes commitment fee to tackle speculative data center projects in UK grid connection queue
Would be refunded if the project is successfully energized
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Earthjustice-led coalition urges EPA to reject Chemours PFAS for data center cooling
Accuses Chemours of bad science
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Israeli Electrical Authority freezes grid processing of new data centers for 140 days
Applies to data centers with a capacity of 8MW or more
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New Zealand's Green Party calls for one-year moratorium on new AI data centers
Leader argues that rules need to be written before the concrete is poured
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Trump expands Ratepayer Protection Pledge with 200-plus new signatories
Including utility heavyweights Southern Company, PPL Corp, NextEra Energy, Duke Energy, and American Electric Power
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New Mexico regulators reject natural gas pipeline for Oracle's 2.5GW Project Jupiter data center
Pipeline was expected to feed fuel cells on the site
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New York becomes first US state to impose data center moratorium
Imposes a one-year moratorium on data centers with a capacity of 50MW or more
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New Jersey lawmakers pass bill to establish large load data center tariff
Will now head to the governor for final approval