Google signs first offshore wind PPA in Taiwan with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
Tied to the 495MW Fengmiao offshore wind project
News - Zachary Skidmore, DatacenterDynamics
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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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Sharon AI and New Era Helium to expand Texas site for natural gas powered AI data center
Expanded from 200 acres to 235 acres
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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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DCD Podcast - Are utilities overstating data center demand growth?
Utilities in Southeast US plan to build 20GW of new gas generation by 2040
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New nuclear capacity has potential to meet 10 percent of data center demand in US over next decade - report
Estimate based on an expansion of between 35 to 62GW during period
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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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ERCOT: Electricity demand in Texas set to soar to 218GW by 2031 fueled by data center growth
Data center power demand to grow to 78GW
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Democrat senators propose bill to mitigate energy consumption of crypto and AI facilities
Dubbed as the “Clean Cloud Act of 2025”
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Arizona’s public utilities commission launches formal review into impacts of data center growth
Will consider whether data centers are paying fair share of infrastructure costs
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Google signs 10MW geothermal PPA with Baseload Capital in Taiwan
Includes direct investment into Baseload Capital
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FERC upholds rejection of proposed interconnection agreement between AWS data center and Pennsylvania nuclear plant
Commissioners voted along the same lines as the previous vote
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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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Aalo Atomics unveils modular nuclear plant design, "purpose built" for data center sector
US DOE to distribute uranium fuel to advanced nuclear firms
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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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MARA fully energizes gas flared cryptomine data center project
Located across well heads in Texas and North Dakota
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xAI doubles number of onsite gas turbines at Memphis data center in violation of permit limits
Aerial photos revealed 35 onsite methane gas turbines
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Google and PJM partner to deploy AI for faster grid connection
Will initially automate processes currently done by grid planners