Google inks multi-million ton carbon removal deal with ERW firm Terradot
The hyperscaler's largest carbon removal deal to date
News - Latin America, Zachary Skidmore, DatacenterDynamics
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Nuclear microreactor firm Terra Innovatum inks LOI to deploy up to 8MWe of power at Waiken ILW data center in Jaguariúna, Brazil
First commercial agreement in Latin America
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Mayors of 40 of the world's biggest cities sign pact to mitigate impact of data centers on grid and water infrastructure
Includes data center hotspots London, Melbourne, and Phoenix
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Panasonic to expand battery module manufacturing in response to surging data center demand
Has allocated more than $2bn for AI data center energy storage investment through 2028
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Voltalia secures 322MW grid capacity in Ceará, Brazil, to support data centers
Secures capacity at the Pecém Industrial and Port Complex
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Kio Data Centers signs 10-year PPA with Celsia to power its data center operations in Panama - report
Volume of supply not disclosed
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Omnia signs $2bn wind energy deal with Casa dos Ventos to power ByteDance data center in Brazil - report
Power to be supplied from 630MW Ibiapaba wind complex
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Ascenty signs 110MW renewable energy supply deal with Casa dos Ventos in Brazil
Will provide the data center developer with equity in two projects with a combined capacity of 1.5GW
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Microsoft to purchase 28,500 tons of CO2 removal credits from Brazil's InPlanet
Expected to be delivered between 2026 and 2028
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Microsoft partners with Powertrust to support construction of 270MW solar portfolio in Mexico and Brazil
Microsoft will receive Renewable Energy Credits as part of the investment
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Google to purchase 200,000 tons of carbon removal credits from Brazilian reforestation firm Mombak
Mombak becomes the first nature restoration project selected by the Symbiosis Coalition
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Google backed Tapestry to support power infrastructure planning at 1.8GW Rio AI City project
Moonshot project will deploy GridAware tool to examine the state of the physical grid in AI City
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Indonesia Energy, Aguila Energia plan hybrid gas-solar pilot projects to power data centers in Brazil
Will develop two 10MW pilots in Brazil's northeast
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Hive Digital to expand hydropowered Yguazú data center in Paraguay to 400MW
100MW expansion expected to commence construction in 2026
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Utility Central Puerto signs MoU to power OpenAI’s Stargate Argentina project - report
Likely to supply power via a hydroelectric dam
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Amazon Brazil partners with Petrobras to explore use of low-carbon fuels in logistics operations
Seen by Amazon as an important step to achieve net-zero carbon emissions
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Google Cloud to provide AI and cloud services to Brazilian energy firm Eneva
Accenture led the migration of Eneva's infrastructure to Google Cloud
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Scala secures $25m in financing from Caterpillar Power Finance
First for Caterpillar with a LATAM data center developer
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Data center inaugurated at Port of Imbituba, Brazil
Expected to support the ports operational processes
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Casa dos Ventos granted approval to construct TikTok backed 300MW data center in Brazil - report
Operations slated for January 2027
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Microsoft to purchase 1.24m tons of carbon removal credits from biochar firm Exomad Green
Second deal between the two companies
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Google partners with Recoolit and Cool Effect to remove 25,000 tons of super pollutants by 2030
Super pollutants are any gas which warms the atmosphere more potently than CO2
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Rio de Janeiro set to host Latin America's largest data center campus
The "Rio AI City" project was announced at Web Summit Rio on 27 April
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Brazil's power regulator approves 359MW of new grid capacity for data centers in São Paulo
Split between three projects
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Microsoft signs 12,000 ton carbon removal deal with Enhanced Rock Weathering firm Terradot
It is MSFT's fourth ERW deal
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Google signs four partnerships as part of its water stewardship program
Across watersheds that supply its data centers and offices
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LōD Technologies rolls out energy management platform across Bitfarms global crypto portfolio
The platform has been specifically designed for data center operators
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Telecom Argentina signs ten-year solar power deal with MSU Green Energy
Will supply the telco with 60,000MWh per year