The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
A sustainable future for data centers
News - Construction & Site Selection, Zachary Skidmore, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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VivoPower starts construction at 42MW Mo i Rana data center in Norway
To spin off 2.2GW non-Nordic AI data center portfolio into a new listed firm
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Kairos Power selects Samsung C&T to help build 50MW SMR for Google in Tennessee
Slated for completion by 2030
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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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Rune launches solar-sited modular compute system, raises $40m Series A
Seeks to utilize wasted energy generated by solar plants
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JV plans 54MW data center in Dallas, Texas
Northampton Capital partners with Provident Data Centers on project
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Thailand pauses construction on 49 data centers, as it plans new regulations
Due to growing concerns over power consumption and local community impacts
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SB Energy files for IPO, targeting a raise of $5-7bn
Would value the company at approximately $50bn
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Exascale Labs partners with EnergyBank on floating wind data center pilot in Norway
Plan to colocate compute at the world's first floating wind installation
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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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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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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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Potentia plans 450-acre behind-the-meter site in Bowie County, Texas, for potential data center
Seeking anchor offtaker for site
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Azur Datacenter to convert HRS hydrogen facility in Champagnier, France, into data center
Transaction expected to close at end of the year
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W Land Development to offer power-ready sites for Texas data center operators
Firm will act as a site developer rather than an owner or operator of data centers
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US lawmaker proposes Data Center Bill of Rights targeting AI data center developments
Would provide local communities with a greater say over data center developments