renewable energy
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The UK government is set to overhaul planning rules for nuclear reactors, making it easier to build new clean energy sources for power data centres.
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One of President Biden's closing acts before leaving office was to extend an olive branch to the US data centre market, instructing federal agencies to make sites ready for new AI data centres and clean power facilities.
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President Joe Biden has issued an Executive Order aimed at accelerating AI infrastructure in the US, including making federal sites available for new AI data centres and clean power facilities.
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Regional grid constraints are creating bottlenecks for new data centre projects, but a new report from Schneider Electric suggests alternative energy solutions and stronger collaboration with utility firms could pave the way forward.
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As the digital landscape continues to evolve, the data centre, cloud, and wider connectivity sectors are gearing up for a transformative year ahead.
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Intersect Power, a US-based clean energy provider, has penned partnerships with Google and TPG Rise Climate (TPG) to supply power and storage solutions for data centres.
Forthcoming events
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AWS is set to overhaul its data centre infrastructure to meet the demands of next-generation AI workloads, unveiling new cooling technologies and power optimisation strategies.
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New research from DLA Piper reveals confidence among global data centre investors and operators despite the sector drawing increased scrutiny over rising power consumption.
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Global data centre operator Equinix has signed a 10-year virtual power purchase agreement with renewable energy firm Neoen to supply 53 MW of solar power to support its facilities in Italy.
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The relentless pace of AI shows no signs of slowing down going into 2025. However, the increased demand for intense workloads has created new challenges such as increased power consumption in high-density data centres.
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Oklo, a Sam Altman-backed startup aiming to develop small nuclear power plants, has acquired US-based radioisotope firm Atomic Alchemy to boost fuel production for its reactors.
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UK energy regulator Ofgem has greenlit five new subsea energy links in the North Sea.
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New research from Gartner suggests that increased power demands from data centres running AI and generative AI workloads could constrain power availability in 40% of sites by 2027.
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Investment firm DTCP has backed the new sustainable data centre platform GreenScale, to support its efforts to sustainably support hyperscale and AI workloads.
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Investment firm KKR has formed a partnership with power generation investors Energy Capital Partners (ECP) to create a $50 billion fund to invest in digital infrastructure opportunities aimed at supporting AI and cloud workloads.
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Nigeria’s telecoms regulator has called on mobile network operators to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
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French renewable energy company Engie has signed power purchase agreements with data centre operator Digital Realty and French telco Iliad.
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An organisation called Green America has started a campaign against telecoms operators in the US, and is calling on them to move to renewable energy by 2025.