NREL: US could deploy between 51GW to 84GW of renewables on federal land by 2030
Could supply 10 percent of the clean energy required for the country to reach net zero emissions
News - Renewable
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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Siemens executive: Data centers need to look for green energy alternatives to meet power demand
The growth of AI cannot be met by green energy alone
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Japan unveils plan to relocate tech industries near low-carbon energy hubs
The plan will support relocating data centers and other technology industries near carbon-neutral energy hubs
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MUFG Americas: Renewable energy growth in US to continue despite Trump
CEO: We try not to time our strategy around things beyond our control
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Keppel and AWS partner on data centers, cables, and renewable energy
The partners will work on expanding sustainable data center infrastructure worldwide
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Xcel Energy claims data center growth in Minnesota won't derail net zero commitments
The executive admitted that the utility might have to extend the life of its natural gas assets into the 2030s to meet demand
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Meta & QTS sign solar PPA with Avangrid & PGE in Oregon
The PPA will supply solar energy to a Meta data center QTS is developing
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Bridge and TNB sign 400MW electricity supply agreement in Malaysia
The ESA will deliver 400MW of energy to BDC's MY07 data center
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Georgia Power: Load growth to treble in next decade due to data centers
Utility's pipeline of development projects has swelled significantly in 2024
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Equinix issues $1.2 billion in green bonds
Equinix intends to allocate the proceeds to finance or refinance recently completed or future eligible green projects
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AWS inks partnership with SSAB for green steel at Swedish data center
The green steel will be used in the Västerås data center
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CETY signs MoU with Metis to develop microgrid solutions for data center and crypto market
CETY will integrate Metis BESS and power generation assets with its microgrid solution to support data centers
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Iron Mountain partners with tidal energy firm SeaQurrent
Sees the solution as a part of a broader push to power its operations 24/7 on clean energy by 2040
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Drax seeking data center offtakers for biomass plant
Drax has reported positive engagement with data center providers
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SolarBank expands into data center sector
The company will seek opportunities as a developer, owner, and strategic partner in data center infrastructure
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Microsoft signs strategic agreement with ADNOC & Masdar to support low carbon initiatives in UAE
As part of the agreement, the companies will seek opportunities to power Microsoft’s data centers with renewable energy through Masdar
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Neso: UK can achieve clean power by 2030, even if data center demand quadruples
Neso projects that high levels of development in artificial intelligence and off-site computation will precipitate this growth
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Hitachi Energy CEO warns of transformer supply shortage
Schierenbeck argues that transformer manufacturers will struggle to boost the output required to upgrade grid infrastructure
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S&P: US data centers outpacing European counterparts in clean energy procurement
US data center sector contracted upwards of 50GW of clean energy as of Q3 2024, compared to 12GW in Europe
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Oxagon in talks to construct 1GW AI data center in Saudi Arabia
The data center would be powered by renewable energy and utilize backup batteries
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PGE reports significant increase in industrial demand driven by semiconductor and data center sectors
Overall, industrial demand grew by nine percent, much of that within the semiconductor manufacturing and data center sectors
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UK data center investment hampered by interconnection delays: Segro CEO
Sleath described the current queue for grid connections as “archaic,” with some developers waiting years for upgraded capacity
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Environment America: US renewable output triples since 2014
Texas, California, Iowa, Oklahoma, and Kansas lead for total renewable energy generation
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NESO to produce long-term energy infrastructure plan for UK
The plan's first iteration will be published in 2026 and will focus on electricity generation and storage
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DOE announces $428m in funding for clean energy manufacturing
The selections will address five key supply chains
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DOE provides $2bn in GRIP funding to support US grid infrastructure
The announced projects will upgrade over 950 miles of transmission infrastructure
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Canada announces $362m funding for renewables and grid modernization
Part of $2.1bn funding pot for clean energy infrastructure
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Indian state gov't approves large scale sustainable data center project
The Green Integrated Data Centre Parks project will mandate 100 percent green energy.