Texan startup Casimir raises $12m to support development of quantum vacuum energy chip
MicroSparc chip generates “continuous electrical power” by harvesting energy from quantum vacuum fields
News - The Energy & Sustainability Channel, Charlotte Trueman, DatacenterDynamics
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Quantum startup Alice & Bob partners with LANL and others for $3.9m rare-earth-free permanent magnet project
Funding awarded under DOE’s Quantum Computing for Computational Chemistry program
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Trump administration to launch Pax Silica-linked $4 trillion investment fund to support energy projects and chip supply chain
US gov’t will contribute $250m towards the investment
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Google signs 35MW wind PPA with Exus Renewables in Spain
Third PPA signed by the company in 2025
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Qualcomm signs PPA with Recurrent Energy in Spain
Deal will see Recurrent Energy supply 50,000 MWh annually
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TSMC expects electricity costs in Taiwan to exceed all other countries it operates
Chipmaker faces rising energy bills in Taiwan due to lack of viable alternative energy sources in the country
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TSMC could account for 24% of Taiwan’s electricity consumption by 2030
Production of increasingly advanced chips causing power crunch
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Federally funded US chip fabs to be exempt from NEPA environmental reviews
President Biden signed the bill into law this week
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EU Chips Act could see semiconductor emissions surpass EU chemical, steel, and aviation industries – report
Worst case scenario under current plans would see industry emissions exceed 100 megatons by 2030
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Nvidia: PUE is an ineffective efficiency metric for AI workloads and needs replacing
Argues that energy should be measured in kilowatt-hours instead
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Energy startup Hestiia wants to heat home with waste compute power
Devices will carry out workloads including 3D modelling and crypto mining
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GlobalFoundries signs 150MW PPA with Keppel in Singapore
Keppel to provide energy to chip maker via new gas plant
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STMicroelectronics signs PPA to run Italian sites on renewable energy
The 15 year agreement will see energy company ERG supply the chip manufacturer with wind energy