News - Zachary Skidmore, DatacenterDynamics
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Australian gov't drops plans for data center renewable energy mandate - report
After objections from two regional governments
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Google names 28 startups as part of second AI for Energy Accelerator program
Selects 12 companies in the US and 16 in Europe
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OpenAI gets green light for 3.2GW power deal to supply planned data center in Effingham County, Georgia
US utility Georgia Power will construct the new generation, with the ChatGPT maker expected to foot the bill
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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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Spain drafts rules requiring data centers to source 80% of power from new renewables - report
Draft decree would apply to data centers with a capacity of 1MW or more
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GE Vernova announces medium-voltage UPS for data center sector
Expects to begin shipping units by mid-2027
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Navitas Semiconductor acquires power management firm Claros for $232.8m
Claros develops tech designed to power high-speed AI chipsets
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Emerald AI raises $150m in Series A funding to scale commercial deployments
Follows the completion of its fifth demonstration project
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Infineon acquires Indian power systems firm C2i Semiconductors
Transaction expected to close this year
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Banglalink deploys rooftop solar array on data center in Cumilla, Bangladesh
Has a capacity of 50kW
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Nano Nuclear partners with Tillman Digital to deploy micro nuclear reactors at US AI data centers
Non-binding deal envisions up to 6GW of nuclear capacity by 2040
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TeraWulf secures 482MW electrical service agreement for planned data center campus in Kentucky
Data centers' first phase is expected to come online next year
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Orange Slovakia signs ten-year solar PPA with Enery
Contracted to receive 125,030MWh of power over the agreement's duration
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Soluna acquires 397-acre plot in Briscoe County, Texas, for Project Dorothy 3 data center
Expected to have a capacity of 300MW
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AEP Ohio secures $18m from data center firms for bill assistance program
Meta, QTS, Amazon, SoftBank Energy, and Google all commit funds to the program
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Magnora secures grid connection for Hämeenlinna data center in Finland
Revises the capacity of the data center to more than 120MW
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Ireland reconsidering nuclear in response to surging data center power demands - report
Taoiseach said that the country is "open to [nuclear]"
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FlexSysAI launches AI workload orchestration platform to reduce stress on the grid
Will begin deployments in the Australian market
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Prometheus Hyperscale partners with Istmo to develop up to 2.5GW gas powered data center in Reeves County, Texas
First power is slated for next year
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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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InfraTech to invest $2.7bn to develop data center campus in Carson County, Texas
Further details are expected to be revealed when the deal is completed
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Microsoft expands partnership with solar cell manufacturer Qcells
Will support the development of virtual power plants