US lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to shield ratepayers from data center energy costs
Would target data centers with a capacity of 100MW or more
News - Zachary Skidmore, DatacenterDynamics
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Vattenfall partners with Project Enki and ABB to integrate data centers with offshore wind farms across Europe
Aim to utilize offshore power during periods of curtailment
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Mayors of 40 of the world's biggest cities sign pact to mitigate impact of data centers on grid and water infrastructure
Includes data center hotspots London, Melbourne, and Phoenix
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Google, Energy Dome to develop 23MW energy storage project in Rhode, Ireland
Expected to come online in 2028
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EcoDataCenter inks 10MW hydropower PPA with Fortum in Sweden
Will last until 2030
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Microsoft plans 2GW data center campus in Pecos, Texas
Chevron signed on for energy supply deal
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Microsoft proposes ratepayer-protection tariff in Nevada
Part of its Community-First AI Infrastructure initiative, announced earlier in the year
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SkyVolt signs LOI with Nodiac to deploy modular data centers at renewable sites across North America
Second deal Nodiac has signed with a US renewable developer
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Texas PUC approves ERCOT’s new grid connection rules for large load users
Will impact projects with a capacity of 75MW or more
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Amazon signs 600MW offshore wind PPA with Skyborn in Germany
Largest PPA to date in the German market
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AWS inks recycled water supply agreement with Greater Western Water for planned data center in Melbourne, Australia
Supplied via the Melton Recycled Water Plant
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Verse raises $54m in Series B funding round for platform to expedite data center connections
Platform developed in partnership with Calibrant Energy
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Equinix trials hydrogen fuel cells as diesel alternative at Irish data center
12 week demonstration project
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Aston Power raises $20m to scale private power platform for data centers
Funding led by TDK Ventures and JLL Spark Global Ventures
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FERC orders US grid operators to justify or reform how data centers connect to the grid
Applies to all of the country's RTOs
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Republican senator introduces bill to impose federal rules on data center grid connections
Would impose FERC jurisdiction over the connection of large loads to the grid
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Critical Energy raises $22m to develop modular geothermal plants targeting data centers
Targeting both conventional and enhanced geothermal sectors
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Google appoints new head of data center energy & infrastructure in EMEA
Aris Karcanias joins to head team
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Frontier consortium to invest a further $915m into carbon removal tech
Anthropic joins the team
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Circe Energy secures 2GW of natural gas capacity for West Texas data center campus
Scheduled for delivery between 2026 and 2030
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Panasonic to expand battery module manufacturing in response to surging data center demand
Has allocated more than $2bn for AI data center energy storage investment through 2028
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UK's Ofgem considers power curtailment rules for data centers during grid stress - report
Also exploring voluntary flexibility arrangements
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Google backs UC San Diego project to build computing cluster from 2,000 old smartphones
Dubbed as "phone cluster computing"
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TAR raises $27m to build behind-the-meter renewable power systems for data centers - report
Planning 10MW pilot project