February 14, 2023 United States
It seems like every day, there is another announcement of a tech company signing a new PPA and in 2023, projections are that there are more to come. Research shows that in 2022 alone, the number of PPAs purchased in the first three quarters, surpassed the total volume recorded across the whole of...
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February 13, 2023 United States
NuScale Power has received regulatory approval for a small modular reactor (SMR) which experts say could be utilized to power data centers at a later date. This makes it the first SMR to obtain this kind of approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for deployment in the US.Speaking...
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February 07, 2023 United States
GenH2 has announced that it has produced a mobile liquid hydrogen plant, which it has said can be deployed to support pilot projects and tests for applications such as data centers.The company has outlined that the LS20 mobile liquid hydrogen system is an end-to-end liquefaction and storage...
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December 19, 2022 United States
Shell has announced a partnership with US-based NuScale through which it aims to evaluate the production of hydrogen from small nuclear power stations inexpensively. This new deal is for the “Development and Demonstration of a Concept for an Economically Optimised IES” project, which will be...
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December 13, 2022 United States
The United States' first floating wind auction, part of the US government's pledge to deploy 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030, closed on its second day last week, with prices reaching $757m. This is for five leases across 373,286 acres in waters off California, where at least 4.6 GW...
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December 08, 2022 United States
Enerhash is the latest company to partner with an oil company to gain access to and explore the use of flared gas for mining operations. The crypto mining firm has signed an MoU with Allied Energy, through which the two work on the feasibility of developing solutions to utilize stranded and flare...
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October 26, 2022 United States
Vertiv recently released its sustainability guide for the data center industry with the hope that it will help to decarbonize operations, improve water efficiency and reduce the industry’s overall environmental impact. The company, in its guide, highlighted figures from the International Energy...
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October 05, 2022 United States
The US Department of Energy has announced a $42million funding package to develop high-performance energy efficient cooling solutions for data centers. This announcement comes following record high temperatures across the US, and multiple reports that the industry is seriously lagging when it...
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September 26, 2022 United States
Cargill, an American food producer giant and the third largest meat producer in the world, has announced that it has created the world's first plant-based dielectric fluid for immersion cooling fluid in data centers. Named NatureCool 2000, the cooling liquid was designed for the data center and...
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September 05, 2022 United States
US data center operator Vxchnge has quietly ceased operations after selling off a number of sites over the last few years to both Cologix and Element Critical. The news was first confirmed by DCD, who outlined that although there was still one facility in Durham, North Carolina that wasn’t part...
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August 05, 2022 United States
According to the US government, through the Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative (FDCOI), which saw the closure of 6,000 data centers, $5.8 billion was saved over the course of 12 years. This is announcement coincides with the newly proposed Federal Data Center Enhancement Act of 2022,...
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July 20, 2022 United States
On June 24th, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade, ruling that there is no constitutional right to abortion in the US. Called a "tragic error" by President Joe Biden, the ruling means that individual states can now decide on the legality of abortions, and it's estimated that around half...
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July 20, 2022 United States
Some have argued that cryptocurrency has the potential to pave the way for more renewable energy developments, spurring on growth. This has been met with skepticism from critics, who have said that while it might be a renewable energy catalyst, considering the huge amount of energy sucked up by...
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July 20, 2022 United States
Recently, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said that the outlook for the global economy has "darkened significantly" in recent months, as a global recession looks increasingly likely. This is sending shockwaves across the world, and even big tech companies are wavering in the shadow of economic...
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July 19, 2022 United States
As the US's Lake Mead, the country's largest reservoir, reaches 'dead pool' levels and the Southwest experiences a record drought, the incredible amount of water guzzled by data centers is increasingly being put under the microscope. Despite a raft of sustainability pledges being made by big tech...
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June 17, 2022 United States
The US Department of Energy recently launched an $8 billion program through which it will develop a network of regional clean hydrogen hubs across America, to fast-track the use of hydrogen as a clean energy source. Although the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has outlined plans for at least four...
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June 08, 2022 United States
On Monday, President Biden launched a clean energy push with the announcement that there will be a two-year break from tariffs on solar panels coming from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, in an effort to bolster clean energy projects in the U.S. Alongside issuing this executive order,...
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May 24, 2022 United States
The North American Electric Reliability Corp (NERC) has sounded the alarm that this summer, a number of states in the central and upper midwest, Texas, and Southern California, might be hit with blackouts due to the increased risk of power outages. This risk was outlined in the nonprofit's annual...
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May 24, 2022 United States
Lonestar, the startup that emerged from stealth with big space plans, has announced that its intentions to use lava tubes to shield from the extreme conditions of the lunar surface, which will assist it in its plans to back up the world's data on the Moon. The company cited the Earth's...
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May 22, 2022 United States
Vision Net has announced the acquisition of iConnect Montana. The telecommunications solution provider revealed earlier in the week that it closed the transaction for an undisclosed fee. Both companies will now operate under the Vision Net brand and name. iConnect was founded in 1999 by Northern...
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