GE Vernova CEO: Data centers favor gas generation over renewable alternatives
Data centers want the assured 24/7 power provided by gas, Scott Strazik claims
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The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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Google plans "gigawatts of data center capacity" in Intersect Power and TPG Rise Climate partnership
Google plans to deploy where the power is
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UK e-waste business n2s appoints Rob Bolton as new CEO
Bolton replaces James Bates, who leaves the company after a year in the role
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Evolution Data Centres signs MoU with Citicore Renewable to develop green data center in Philippines
The companies have signed a PPA for up to 100MW of renewable energy
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Stream Data Centers hiring for distributed generation demand response lead, may deploy onsite natural gas generation
As data centers struggle to find power, they turn to natural gas
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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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Meta purchases 760MW of Renewable Energy Credits from Invenergy
The projects are located in Ohio, Texas, New Mexico, and Arkansas
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Founder Group signs solar project construction agreement tied to Malaysian AI data center
Hexatoff is developing the data center and will receive energy through a long-term supply agreement
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Lawsuit seeks to block planned data center in Pittsburg, California, on environmental grounds
Project could have significant negative environmental impacts, it is claimed
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AWS global data centers achieved PUE of 1.15 in 2023
Company reveals PUE numbers for the first time
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Meta launches nuclear power RFP, targets 1.4GW for data centers
Meta will prioritize developers who permit, design, engineer, finance, construct, and operate these power plants
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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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MARA acquires Texas wind project to power a behind-the-meter Bitcoin mining operation
The wind project, located in Hansford County, Texas, has a capacity of 114MW
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Equinix signs second PPA in Singapore with Sembcorp
Sembcorp will supply solar energy to Equinix from a 58.5MW solar project
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AWS to develop carbon removal material in data centers
The company has partnered with startup Orbital Materials which has developed a carbon-filtering substance for use in data centers
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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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ACP: US utility solar installation to hit all time high in 2024
Over 34GW of new solar capacity has been installed in 2024
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Samsung and Korea Southeast Power to develop fully integrated hydrogen-powered data center in South Korea
Will utilize a 900MW hydrogen plant and 300MW of battery energy storage to support the operations of a large-scale data center
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Tencent launches renewable-powered microgrid project at data center in China
The project will use onsite wind power, solar PV, and battery energy storage in a microgrid solution to power an adjacent data center
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Equinix partners with National University of Singapore on data center innovation facility
The CIF will be in Equinix’s SG6 data center in Singapore, which is currently under construction
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Meta signs carbon offset agreement with Norden
Deal will involve burning biofuel on a Norden-operated vessel
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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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Equinix signs ten-year PPA with Neoen to power Italian data center portfolio
Neoen will supply Equinix with 53MW of energy from seven of its solar projects across northern Italy
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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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V.tal signs PPA with Atlas to power Brazilian operations
V.tal will offtake 710GWh per year from the 579MW solar plant to power its data center portfolio across Brazil
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SMR developer Kairos gets construction permits for Hermes Two Demonstration Plant
Will test molten-salt reactors and SMR technology
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GH2 exploring wind-to-hydrogen powered data campus in Canada
Due to concerns over the growth of the commercial-scale green ammonia market, the company has pivoted towards data centers as a potential offtake partner
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Adani founder indicted in the US over solar contract bribes
Also charged by SEC for scheme to raise money in the US for Indian projects secured through bribery