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 - Grid Level, Zachary Skidmore, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
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Google, Nvidia, and Emerald AI found the AI Energy Management Alliance to support demand response capabilities within the data center sector
Joined by a range of launch partners, including Anthropic and RWE
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NextEra secures $1.9bn loan from US DOE to support restart of the Duane Arnold nuclear power plant in Linn County, Iowa
Plant tied to long-term PPA with Google
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Palantir awarded Neso grid contract in UK without competitive bidding process - report
Neso argued that its critical grid processes now rely too heavily on Palantir's technology
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ERCOT to complete Texas data center audit by December
Audit ordered by governor last month
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Ireland weighs cut-price gas for data centers in exchange for curtailment - report
Facilities would have to temporarily power down during periods of high demand
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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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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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Moscow bans cryptomining until end of 2032, citing power concerns
Cryptocurrency mining consumes approximately 1GW of power in Moscow alone
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California lawmakers pass data center ratepayer protection bills, send to governor for approval
If passed, the legislation would create separate electricity tariffs for large data centers
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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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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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Delaware enacts clean energy mandate for hyperscale data centers
As well as several new laws targeting the sector
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Emerald AI raises $150m in Series A funding to scale commercial deployments
Follows the completion of its fifth demonstration project
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TeraWulf secures 482MW electrical service agreement for planned data center campus in Kentucky
Data centers' first phase is expected to come online next year
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AEP Ohio secures $18m from data center firms for bill assistance program
Meta, QTS, Amazon, SoftBank Energy, and Google all commit funds to the program
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Magnora secures grid connection for Hämeenlinna data center in Finland
Revises the capacity of the data center to more than 120MW
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Ireland reconsidering nuclear in response to surging data center power demands - report
Taoiseach said that the country is "open to [nuclear]"
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FlexSysAI launches AI workload orchestration platform to reduce stress on the grid
Will begin deployments in the Australian market
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US utility TVA imposes new rates on data center firms
Will have to pay approximately 10 percent higher charges for power use
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Singapore gov't allocates 200MW of power for four data center developers on Jurong Island
Digital Realty, Equinix, Keppel Data Centers, and ST Telemedia Global Data Centers will each be allocated 50MW of new capacity
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ABB launches ultracapacitor storage system to meet Ireland's grid code for data centers
Will combine its ultracapacitor energy storage system with grid-forming power conversion
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NextEra secures $3.3bn in state funding for 10GW of new natural gas generation to meet growing data center power needs
Will support two projects in Texas and Pennsylvania
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US utility Southern Co reports 55% higher data center power usage compared to last year
Reported a 6GW surge in its contracted large-load pipeline
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South African utility Eskom courts hyperscalers as it seeks offtakers for excess energy - report
Reportedly in discussion with the world's biggest tech companies
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PJM considering changes to interconnection reliability requirements for data centers following mass outage
The outage, which originated in Northern Virginia, brought approximately 4GW of data center load offline
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Bloomberg NEF: Texas grid pause puts 20 percent of US data center pipeline at risk
Governor initiated a pause in interconnections earlier this month
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Ohio regulators direct data center firms to provide utility AEP Ohio with 180 days notice prior to grid connection
Adds to the existing large load rate class structure in the state