The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
A sustainable future for data centers
News - North America, Matthew Gooding, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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Google share price slumps as AI data center build-out drives $9bn negative cashflow
Search and cloud giant says capex spending will continue as planned
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Microsoft thinks its data centers can last for 25 years, reports strong cloud earnings and lower capex
Extends useful life of facilities as it reports Azure revenue for the first time
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Ferveret's in-rack immersion cooling deployed on HPC infrastructure at MIT
Can unlock up to 35 percent additional compute capacity, firm claims
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Microcapsules in the walls of data centers could help absorb server heat
Novel material could supplement main cooling systems in emergencies
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SpaceXAI facing $6.1m fine in Mississippi for building data centers without securing correct permits
Elon Musk's firm will also be back in court over problematic gas turbines
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Short seller bets against Csquare, says data center firm's shares are worthless
Concerns over portfolio and capital structure
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Memphis councilors reject 18-month data center moratorium
Instead, they ban new projects for 135 days
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xMems solid-state cooling chips for data centers and Edge devices go into production
Good vibrations can help chill hardware
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Stranded natural gas could power offshore data centers
Houston, Texas, firms form new partnership to put compute at sea
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Virginia senator proposes three-year state-wide data center moratorium
Pause would enable more legislation to be drawn up
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Fermi and AMD sign credit support deal for build-out of Project Matador campus in Amarillo, Texas
Chip firm will support first 222MW data center, due to be delivered next year
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Memphis council delays decision on year-long data center moratorium despite protests
Home of Musk's xAI data centers could ban new developments for 12 months
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Google signs 3.6GW deal with Constellation to secure power in PJM service area
Nuclear and natural gas deal covers major data center markets
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NetworkOcean runs GPU on floating data center powered by solar panels in San Francisco Bay
Startup has pivoted away from underwater data centers to harness the power of the sun
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Xeal wants to use spare EV charging capacity to power Edge data centers for AI inference
GPUs could be coming to a parking lot near you
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Virginia bans data center NDAs as part of new digital infrastructure framework
Governor Spanberger introduces range of measures including AI task force
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Schneider Electric and Equinix trial software-defined switchgear for data centers
Could cut the amount of cabling in data halls, and speed up deployment times
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AI cloud and data center firm Nscale raises $3.36bn ahead of its IPO
Follows publication of IPO prospectus
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Northern Virginia's Prince William County puts controls on new data center projects
Size of 'by right' overlay district for digital infrastructure projects cut by two thirds
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Applied Digital reveals $3.2bn Delta Forge 2 AI data center will be built in Alabama
Operations could start by 2028
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Crusoe raises $3.9bn for AI data center build-out
Nvidia buys in as one of several new investors
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AirJoule acquires cooling firm BitSink
Deal could eventually be worth $67m
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Former Digital Realty and Equinix executive named CEO of Anthropic-backed Theseus Infrastructure
Krupal Raval joins from CyrusOne
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Bitdeer buys 200 acres in Milam County, Texas, to expand AI and HPC data center
Plans to expand AI and HPC capabilities
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Molex invests in liquid cooling vendor CAEPlus
Will aid development of BoundaryCool direct-to-chip cooling system
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First Nations on Fort Peck Reservation in Montana banned from discussions with data center firms
Leaders raise concerns over environmental impact of building projects
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Plans for five data centers in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, blocked
Developer intends to launch appeal
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Trane and Eaton tout integrated designs for AI data center power and cooling systems
Vendors promise big savings for digital infrastructure operators