The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
A sustainable future for data centers
News - The Management & Operations Channel, Zachary Skidmore, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
-
Microsoft hires International Energy Agency attorney for its energy team
Evan Pelz joins the hyperscaler as principal corporate counsel
-
AWS appoints British Embassy advisor as manager of energy policy
Robert Fourqurean will be based in Washington DC
-
Finnish police open criminal investigation into Google over reported mass tree felling at data center site
Google said it will "cooperate with the investigation"
-
Tesla appoints new head of energy programs
Jessy Rivest joins the team
-
OpenAI hires new energy regulatory lead
Will Friedman joins from AWS
-
Google's EMEA energy team hiring for range of new positions
Further opportunities in the energy space at Google
-
Google's DeepMind hiring for nuclear expert
Will be responsible for evaluating and mitigating the safety risks of frontier AI models in the nuclear domain
-
Google's global head of advanced energy departs company
Michael Terrell leaves Google after 19 years
-
Thailand set to finalize new data center regulations by mid-October - report
Expected to classify data centers with a capacity of more than 100MW hyperscale facilities
-
Digital Realty hires new global head of energy
Microsoft veteran Jim Collins joins the team
-
Microsoft hires new director of global energy and sustainability policy
Ray Fakhoury III joins from AWS
-
Indian renewable firm Waaree forms new data center subsidiary
Has yet to commence operations
-
OpenAI hiring for clean energy and new technology lead
Position is an individual contributor lead role and will initially have no direct reports
-
Pennsylvania Governor signs executive order imposing strict requirements on data center developments
Mandates that data center projects receive all required local approvals before permits are issued
-
Fermi taps Hillcore to construct 2.6GW gas plant for up to 11GW Project Matador in Amarillo, Texas
Company also appoints new CEO
-
Crusoe appoints new director in its energy development group
Matthew Potter joins the team
-
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
-
Redaptive and Recurve launch platform to unlock grid capacity for data centers
Will be based on Recurve's Flex software program
-
NV Energy files suit against Tract over Nevada data center costs
Tract denies the allegations
-
New Zealand's Green Party calls for one-year moratorium on new AI data centers
Leader argues that rules need to be written before the concrete is poured
-
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
-
New Mexico regulators reject natural gas pipeline for Oracle's 2.5GW Project Jupiter data center
Pipeline was expected to feed fuel cells on the site
-
Dominion Energy appoints new chief AI and digital officer
John Russell steps into the role
-
Google's former utility origination lead joins NRG Energy
Moves on after six years at the hyperscaler
-
New York becomes first US state to impose data center moratorium
Imposes a one-year moratorium on data centers with a capacity of 50MW or more
-
Google Cloud names Hussein Shel to lead oil & gas unit
Moves over from AWS
-
National Grid Ventures invests $1.75bn in Joulent for construction of gas plant powering 2GW Microsoft data center in Texas
Joulent is a portfolio company of Engine No. 1
-
Google appoints new head of data center energy & infrastructure in EMEA
Aris Karcanias joins to head team