Ireland isn’t going to limit data centers despite high energy use
Announcement comes as government issues an amber warning for the grid
News - Critical Power, Georgia Butler, DatacenterDynamics
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Vodacom has spent more than $200m on backup power in South Africa since 2020
South African telco nearing power wheeling deal with Eskom
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JRE’s 100% onsite solar-powered data center in Japan achieves stable operations
Data center hosting Morgenrot’s GPU cloud service
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Hut 8 and US Bitcoin announce merger
And Riot Platforms January 2023 updates
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Core Scientific facing class action lawsuit over valuation and bankruptcy
Meanwhile Hut 8 pauses operations amid legal dispute
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Critical Power Solutions merges with EDI Power Services
Resulting company renamed as Zavtek
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AWS buys 105 back-up diesel generators for new data center in Dublin
Move in response to concerns over impact on electricity networks in the region
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Texas asks high-energy users to power down due to heatwave, cryptominers comply
Everyone from residents to industrial-scale Bitcoin miners reduce usage
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Amazon and Equinor to back US start-up Electric Hydrogen
Companies joining Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures in a $198 million investment
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North American Electric Reliability Corp. warns of increased risk of grid blackouts this summer
Due to extreme weather conditions
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Kazakhstan government shuts down 13 illegal Bitcoin mines
Crackdown comes after mining-related power outages