Microsoft to purchase 44,000 tons of carbon removal credits from biochar firm Carba
Over a five year period for biochar-based credits
News - Sustainability, Zachary Skidmore, DatacenterDynamics
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Frontier Power, Ethos Green Energy to develop up to 5GW of colocated UK data center capacity
Aim to create integrated “energy hubs” consisting of renewables, LDES, and data centers
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Verne to use HVO to power backup generators at London data center
HVO supplied by Crown Oil
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Exowatt raises $70m in Series A funding, touts 90GWh pipeline from data center market
Funding will support production and deployment of Exowatt's P3 system
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Western Digital, Microsoft launch initiative to recycle critical minerals from disused data center equipment
Pilot project utilizes an acid-free dissolution recycling technology
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Google signs first offshore wind PPA in Taiwan with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
Tied to the 495MW Fengmiao offshore wind project
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Microsoft to purchase 1.4m tons of carbon removal from reforestation firm Living Carbon
Credits generated from projects across the US Appalachian region
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Apple data centers consumed more than 2.5 billion kWh over 2024
Used to power eight operational data centers and colocation facilities
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Fujitsu teams up with Supermicro, Nidec to launch data center energy efficiency initiative
Will be initially tested at Fujitsu’s Tatebayashi Data Center
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Ofgem approves UK interconnection reforms, potentially clearing more than 750GW from its connection queue
Will remove "zombie" projects from interconnection queue
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nLighten and Shell Spain agree PPA for Madrid data center
Came into effect on 1 April
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Microsoft signs 15-year 6.75m ton carbon removal agreement with AtmosClear in Louisiana
Removals derived from bioenergy carbon capture & storage project
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Google signs 10MW geothermal PPA with Baseload Capital in Taiwan
Includes direct investment into Baseload Capital
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atNorth signs heat-reuse agreement in Finland with retail conglomerate Kesko
Heat from FIN02 data center will be provided to a neighboring Kesko store
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Microsoft to purchase 3.685m tons of CO2 removal from CO280 over 12 years
CO280 retrofits pulp and paper mills in US with carbon capture tech
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Amazon signs PPA with OX2 for 472MW of onshore wind power in Finland
Both projects set to begin construction immediately
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Equinor consolidates power generation assets into new business unit citing growing demand from AI and data centers
Will combine renewable business with other power generation assets
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IEA: Data center energy consumption set to double by 2030 to 945TWh
US and China will account for 80 percent of the projected growth
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Civo partners with Orbital to pilot carbon removal technology at UK data center
Microsoft signs SAF carbon offset deal with IAG
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Soluna secures wind supply deal for 120MW crypto data center in Texas
Project Hedy will be colocated with the 200MW wind farm
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UK holds first meeting of new AI Energy Council
Attended by the likes of EDF, Ofgem, Google, and Microsoft
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UK telcos issue joint letter urging suppliers to take meaningful steps on emission reduction
Suppliers free to determine how and if they will meet the targets
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EDPR launches Amazon-backed 100MW solar project
Entire capacity tied to 25-year PPA
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Virginia Governor delays data center environmental transparency bill despite bipartisan support
The bill will not be enforced until 2026 at the earliest