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The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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DayOne signs MoU with Sembcorp to integrate power and energy solutions across APAC data centers
Part of the company’s Bring Your Own Power initiative
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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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DayOne inks MoU with Blue Whale Energy to explore feasibility of a distributed virtual power plant in Singapore
Would support DayOne's SG1 data center
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Finnish police open criminal investigation into Google over reported mass tree felling at data center site
Google said it will "cooperate with the investigation"
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Meta to buy 200,000 tons of low carbon cement associated credits from Fortera
Multi-year deal will support development of Fortera cement plant in Missouri
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Marwynn plots up to $500m AI data center and solar farm in Grenada
Signs MoU with Grenada National Resort, a large-scale luxury tourism and real estate development
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Malaysian gov’t approves renewable energy requirement for new data centers
Data centers will have to source a minimum of 30 percent of their power from renewable energy
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Microsoft signs two PPAs with Macquarie-backed Blueleaf Energy in Japan
Blueleaf has a portfolio of around 1.2GW of solar projects in the Japanese market
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Nxera Singapore signs MoU with Sembcorp for the supply of low carbon power in Singapore
Potential power solutions include hydrogen, biomethane, vertical solar, and floating solar
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Nvidia partners with PreussenElektra to explore deployment of AI data centers at former nuclear sites in Germany
Represents the first step in the evaluation process
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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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Spain revises data center renewable mandate
Facilities with a capacity of 10MW or more are now subject to the rules
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OpenAI applies for federal permit to build portion of Effingham County, Georgia, data center on wetlands - report
Would permit OpenAI to build on 72 acres of wetland
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Google ordered to suspend site work at two data centers in Finland following tree clearing controversy
An estimated 250,000 trees were cleared at its Muhos site
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Tesla appoints new head of energy programs
Jessy Rivest joins the team
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SpaceXAI facing $6.1m fine in Mississippi for building data centers without securing correct permits
Elon Musk's firm will also be back in court over problematic gas turbines
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Endeavour partners with US desalination firm Trevi to turn data center waste heat into clean water
First deployments expected across Endeavour's US data center portfolio
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Google signs 1GW virtual power plant deal with Voltus
Biggest VPP deal signed by a hyperscaler to date
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OVHcloud wins approval to connect data centers in Roubaix, France, to local district heating network
Project now in its operational phase
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OpenAI hires new energy regulatory lead
Will Friedman joins from AWS
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Tata Power eyes 2.8GW of generation, transmission, and distribution for Indian data center sector
Current estimates have the Indian data center market reaching 26.3GW by 2031-32
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Water harvesting firm Aquaria launches pilot for modular onsite water supply system for data center sector
First units to be shipped in Q3 2027
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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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Nvidia launches DSX POD, claims the Vera-Rubin reference architecture will make AI data centers more water and energy efficient
Details released at GTC Berlin event, taking place this week
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Blackstone closes latest energy transition fund at $8.7bn, backs several data center focused energy firms
Closed 50 percent higher than the previous fund
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Google-backed Symbiosis Coalition signs 320,000 ton carbon removal deal with agroforestry firm Working Trees
Will support the conversion of degraded cattle pastures in Brazil into mixed-species silvopasture systems
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Google expands partnership with Entergy Arkansas, will fund renewable energy and grid upgrades for West Memphis data center
Inks 440MW PPA and backs two BESS projects
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1GW data center proposed alongside solar farm in Norfolk, UK
Would be UK's largest solar park