The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
A sustainable future for data centers
News - Business Operations, Zachary Skidmore, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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Caterpillar seeking to expand production of large reciprocating engines and turbines to meet huge data center demand
Reported a huge increase in sales within its power and energy division
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UK renewable firm Downing expands into data center market with 500MW pipeline
Projects located in central Sweden and southern Finland
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Microsoft hires International Energy Agency attorney for its energy team
Evan Pelz joins the hyperscaler as principal corporate counsel
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TerraVolt acquires site in Idaho to develop 240MW gas powered behind-the-meter data center campus
Acquires 1,077 acres in Cassia County
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AWS appoints British Embassy advisor as manager of energy policy
Robert Fourqurean will be based in Washington DC
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Drax partners with Brookfield and Radiant for up to 1GW data center at North Yorkshire power station
First phase targeting 100MW of capacity by 2028
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CAISO proposes new rules for large loads seeking California grid connection
Will now file proposal to FERC
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Finnish police open criminal investigation into Google over reported mass tree felling at data center site
Google said it will "cooperate with the investigation"
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Meta to buy 200,000 tons of low carbon cement associated credits from Fortera
Multi-year deal will support development of Fortera cement plant in Missouri
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Marwynn plots up to $500m AI data center and solar farm in Grenada
Signs MoU with Grenada National Resort, a large-scale luxury tourism and real estate development
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Malaysian gov’t approves renewable energy requirement for new data centers
Data centers will have to source a minimum of 30 percent of their power from renewable energy
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Nvidia partners with PreussenElektra to explore deployment of AI data centers at former nuclear sites in Germany
Represents the first step in the evaluation process
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Spain revises data center renewable mandate
Facilities with a capacity of 10MW or more are now subject to the rules
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OpenAI applies for federal permit to build portion of Effingham County, Georgia, data center on wetlands - report
Would permit OpenAI to build on 72 acres of wetland
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Google ordered to suspend site work at two data centers in Finland following tree clearing controversy
An estimated 250,000 trees were cleared at its Muhos site
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Tesla appoints new head of energy programs
Jessy Rivest joins the team
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US Department of Commerce commits up to $389m in R&D funding to power semiconductors for fusion and advanced computing
Google-backed CFS and Microsoft-backed Helion to receive R&D funding
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OpenAI hires new energy regulatory lead
Will Friedman joins from AWS
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Blackstone closes latest energy transition fund at $8.7bn, backs several data center focused energy firms
Closed 50 percent higher than the previous fund
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Google's EMEA energy team hiring for range of new positions
Further opportunities in the energy space at Google
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Google's DeepMind hiring for nuclear expert
Will be responsible for evaluating and mitigating the safety risks of frontier AI models in the nuclear domain
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Uruguay gov't partners with Solaria for up to 500MW of data center capacity
Expected to be powered in part by solar power
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UK gov’t rejects AI Growth Zone bid to power data center with Drax biomass plant in Selby, North Yorkshire
Applicants claimed the 1.2GW data center would be the largest “carbon negative data center”
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Greece drafts legislation requiring data centers source 60% of power from renewables
Also proposes the creation of a data center registry
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Oracle renews attempts to secure natural gas pipeline approval for Project Jupiter data center - report
Seeks approval from FERC to expedite approval of the 17.8-mile pipeline
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Siemens makes strategic investment in energy infrastructure firm Skeleton Technologies to bolster AI data center offering
Also signs an exclusive partnership agreement
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Soluna files to build 112MW data center building in Willacy, Texas
Will span a single building totaling 471,884 sq ft
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FERC approves PJM's request to create data center database
Rejects separate request to curtail power to data centers during periods of grid stress