Google-backed battery storage pilot in Texas demonstrates how BESS can improve hourly carbon-free matching for data centers
Pilot undertaken by Quintrace, esVolta, and LevelTen Energy
News - Cloud & Hyperscale, Zachary Skidmore, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
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Prysmian, Rio Tinto to supply Amazon data center in Ohio with low-carbon aluminum
Will deliver electrical cabling to the data center
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Generac signs $8bn back up generator deal with Amazon
Initial deliveries over next two years will total $2.4bn
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Google inks multi-million ton carbon removal deal with ERW firm Terradot
The hyperscaler's largest carbon removal deal to date
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Oracle signs 1.7GW of wind energy supply agreements to support operations in Texas
Includes major deals with RWE and Engie
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Google inks one million ton carbon removal deal with Mitti Labs in India
Credits generated by the company's methane-reduction projects in the rice farming sector
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Oracle issues RFP for 2GW of new renewable capacity in New Mexico
Announces $1m funding package for carbon capture and storage research
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Google signs nuclear PPA with Fortum in Loviisa, Finland
The company's first nuclear PPA outside of the US market
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Santee Cooper partners with Google Cloud to roll out AI-driven load forecasting and financial planning tools
Will deploy both WeatherNext2 and Gemini Enterprise
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Amazon signs first APAC battery storage tolling deal with Anza Power in Victoria, Australia
Tied to the Bairnsdale Battery Energy Storage System in Victoria, Australia
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Google partners with MN8, Eos on West Virginia solar + storage project
Part of Google's efforts to commercialize long-duration storage technology
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Google inks 396MW geothermal PPA with Fervo in Utah
Largest geothermal offtake to date in the sector
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Amazon signs 199MW worth of PPAs across Sweden with OX2 and Mirova
Power will be delivered from four onshore wind farms
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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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Microsoft expands partnership with solar cell manufacturer Qcells
Will support the development of virtual power plants
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Nvidia in talks to invest $1.5bn in SB Energy
Would support the development of an up to 10GW data center campus in Ohio for OpenAI
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Google launches $6m R&D intiative for carbon removal, superpollutant abatement
Will offer funding to a range of carbon removal technologies
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Amazon acquires 8,000-acre site in Pecos, Texas, for natural gas powered behind-the-meter data center - report
If built, it could be the largest natural gas plant in US at 7.65GW
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Electrovaya launches stationary energy storage system for data center market
Announces commercial agreement with Amazon
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Microsoft signs 23,602-ton carbon removal deal with wastewater alkalinity enhancement firm Crew
Third carbon removal deal for Microsoft since it announced it was adjusting the pace of purchases
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Google signs 155MW solar PPA with RWE in Oklahoma
Second PPA Google has signed in the Sooner State this year
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Amazon, Duke Energy accused of evading Clean Air Act at under-development data center in Hamlet, North Carolina
Generators permitted for one year
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Michigan utility DTE data center pipeline increases to more than 8GW, on the back of deals with Oracle and Google
Announces expansion to its five-year capital investment plan to support power delivery
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Meta leaves RE100 climate initiative - report
Due to increase in natural gas procurement
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Meta inks 172MW solar PPA with Lightsource BP in Acadia Parish, Louisiana
Construction on the solar farm expected to start this year
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Trump expands Ratepayer Protection Pledge with 200-plus new signatories
Including utility heavyweights Southern Company, PPL Corp, NextEra Energy, Duke Energy, and American Electric Power
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New Mexico regulators reject natural gas pipeline for Oracle's 2.5GW Project Jupiter data center
Pipeline was expected to feed fuel cells on the site