The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
A sustainable future for data centers
News - Rack Level, Zachary Skidmore, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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GE Vernova order backlog hits $197bn as data center demand drives gas turbine sales
Expects to have 130GW of signed gas turbine agreements by end of year
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Sabey DC to pilot HVO fuel as diesel replacement at its data center in Austin, Texas
If successful, the company plans to expand to additional sites
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Enphase and Infineon deploy 900V GaN switches in solid-state transformers designed for AI data centers
Claim the deployment is a "world's first"
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Ecoblox partners with Rimac on modular data center solution
First deployment slated for Rimac's campus in Kerestinec, Croatia
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Karman completes power orchestration pilot at NexGen Cloud's data center in Montreal, Canada
To extend software rollout across NexGen's European operations
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Emerald AI, Nvidia share results of latest pilot at Nscale data center in Iceland
Seventh pilot undertaken by Emerald AI to date
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Infineon and Nvidia to develop gallium nitride power conversion tech for 800VDC data center racks
Latest agreement in support of the move to 800VDC
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Vantage signs 1GW solid-state transformer supply deal with Heron Power
Will supply the data center firm with its Heron Link SST
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Enersense and Betolar Oyj to develop security solutions for substations and data centers across the Baltics
Finnish firms will target grid and industrial customers
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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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Echion partners with Proper Voltage to develop 1.6MW energy storage system for AI data centers
Ink MoU to develop an integrated system
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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, 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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FlexSysAI launches grid-flexibility pilot with ResetData, CSIRO, University of Queensland
Will test AI orchestration platform at ResetData data center
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SGC Energy partners with Vertiv to deploy PowerNexus at planned AI data center in Gunsan, South Korea
Expected to be energized in 2028
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Flex acquires data center power conversion manufacturer EPC Power in $4.4bn deal
EPC is a developer of 800V data center power architectures
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GE Vernova announces medium-voltage UPS for data center sector
Expects to begin shipping units by mid-2027
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Navitas Semiconductor acquires power management firm Claros for $232.8m
Claros develops tech designed to power high-speed AI chipsets
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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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Electrovaya launches stationary energy storage system for data center market
Announces commercial agreement with Amazon
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Redaptive and Recurve launch platform to unlock grid capacity for data centers
Will be based on Recurve's Flex software program
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Empromptu launches AI software to reduce GPU power spikes
Dubbed Grid Guard
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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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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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DG Matrix, Skeleton Technologies partner on 800V DC power systems for AI data centers
Will see the firms integrate their systems
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LS Electric, LG Uplus ink MoU to develop DC based power infrastructure for AI data center sector
Will focus on Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform
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Crusoe to deploy 5GW of ON.energy's AI UPS systems across data center portfolio
Deployments to continue into 2027