The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
A sustainable future for data centers
News - Telecoms & 5G, Zachary Skidmore, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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Indus Towers installs solar systems across 50,000 telco sites in India
Intends to expand deployments to 100,000 sites by 2029
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Vodafone Ukraine to install solar arrays across 400 base stations
Completed the first phase of deployments in June 2026
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ZTE unveils data center module designed for AI workloads
Rack power within the module will range from 20kW to 60kW
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NTT and Docomo to pilot AI-controlled base stations to boost renewable use and support demand response
Plan to complete the demonstration by the end of December
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U Mobile partners with HLGY Energy to deploy 5G-supported smart solar farms across Malaysia
Inks MoU to set parameters of deployment
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Dolphin Telecoms signs solar deal with Grid Crux to power ACE cable landing station in Lagos, Nigeria
Grid Crux will design, finance, install, and operate the system at the cable landing station
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PLDT's Vitro REIT signs SG.GS as colocation customer in the Philippines
SG.GS will deploy networking systems across Vitro’s carrier-neutral facilities
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Banglalink deploys rooftop solar array on data center in Cumilla, Bangladesh
Has a capacity of 50kW
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Orange Slovakia signs ten-year solar PPA with Enery
Contracted to receive 125,030MWh of power over the agreement's duration
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Orange extends wind PPA in Poland with EDF until 2035
Will supply the telco with 200GWh of power per year
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Ethio Telecom expands renewable-powered telecoms infrastructure
Plants 250,000 trees as part of environmental progra
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JCOM inks solar vPPA with Osaka Gas in Japan - report
Will support its operations in western Japan
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stc and Huawei launch green telco cloud platform to cut energy use and physical infrastructure
The Green Telco Cloud is now live
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Naturgy brings online two Australian solar plants tied to Telstra PPAs
Commissions two plants in NSW and Queensland
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NTT West signs 4.99MW virtual geothermal PPA with Furusato in Japan
Contract will last 15 years
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Iberdrola and Vodafone Spain sign cross-selling deal for electricity and telecoms services
Vodafone customers who switch their electricity supply to Iberdrola will receive a discount on their phone bills
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Kyivstar acquires six solar plants in Lviv, Ukraine
With a combined capacity of 105MW
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Virgin Media O2 signs 10-year solar PPA in Suffolk, UK
Both companies owned by Liberty Global
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KDDI signs third onshore wind vPPA with J-Power in Yurihonjo City, Japan
20-year deal will support construction of 8.4MW onshore wind farm
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Huawei and Jazz complete deployment of solar systems across 1,000 telco base stations in Pakistan
The arrays have a combined capacity of 13MW
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Telefónica Germany deploys energy management platform across data center portfolio
Developed in partnership with EkkoSense
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Filipino energy firm First Gen signs 1.3MW geothermal supply deal with Eastern Communications Philippines
Will power the telco's headquarters and technical operation centers
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n2s and NTT Data partner to sustainably decommission IT equipment across Virgin Media O2's UK data center portfolio
Companies sign three-year partnership
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Verizon to pay $7.7m to settle 'environmental violations' case in California
Tied to the telco's use of hazardous materials in its backup generation systems
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Cisco signs 15-year vPPA with R.Power in Poland
Will supply Cisco with 486MWh of power over the contracted agreement
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Deutsche Telekom hooks up Berlin data center to local district heating system
Will supply waste heat to the Pallasseum, a listed building from the 1970s
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T-Mobile launches onsite solar array at DC7 data center in Prague, Czech Republic
Will generate 240MWh per year
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Virgin Media O2 signs onshore wind PPA with TRIG in UK
Will supply the telco with 15 percent of its total energy supply needs