Microsoft study finds liquid cooling can cut data center emissions by up to 21%
The study, which took place over two years, studied air cooling, cold plates, one-phase immersion and two-phase immersion for servers
News - Eric Doyle
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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Meta signs two solar contracts with Sunraycer in Texas
Tied to two solar projects in Texas
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FiberLight closes $500m sustainability linked refinancing facility
Will use refinancing to accelerate network expansion
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DCD Podcast - Could simple changes to Linux code cut data center energy consumption?
It sounds too good to be true, but research suggests it might just work
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Silicon Valley Power stockpiles discontinued GE Vernova JMUX, expects substation costs to go up with tariffs
As it ramps up substation buildout to meet data center demand
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Keppel signs 10-year PPA with Greencoat to power two Dublin data centers
Covers entire capacity of the 13.3MW Ballingcollig onshore wind farm
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Orange and Camusat launch initiative to cut CO2 emissions of telco sector
Will focus on cutting CO2 emissions tied to Camusat’s products and services
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AirJoule raises $15m to help turn data center waste heat into pure water
GE Vernova builds on investment in firm
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Microsoft signs onshore wind PPA with Clearway in West Virginia
Tied to the 335MW Mount Storm wind farm
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Chillmine, Energywise to develop solar powered data centers in Zimbabwe
Plan to utilize power from 100MW solar project
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Trump administration to slash permitting times for new energy projects to 28 days
Solar and wind projects excluded
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Belltown Power to develop six data centers in North Texas
Projects have a combined capacity of 1.435GW
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Microsoft to purchase 44,000 tons of carbon removal credits from biochar firm Carba
Over a five year period for biochar-based credits
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Frontier Power, Ethos Green Energy to develop up to 5GW of colocated UK data center capacity
Aim to create integrated “energy hubs” consisting of renewables, LDES, and data centers
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Verne to use HVO to power backup generators at London data center
HVO supplied by Crown Oil
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EdgePoint Towers deploys first solar hybrid site in Malaysia
Will support the company's renewable energy goals
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Exowatt raises $70m in Series A funding, touts 90GWh pipeline from data center market
Funding will support production and deployment of Exowatt's P3 system
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NTT deploys reverse osmosis system to save water in UK data center
Company uses system to purify water in evaporative cooling system
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Western Digital, Microsoft launch initiative to recycle critical minerals from disused data center equipment
Pilot project utilizes an acid-free dissolution recycling technology
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Google signs first offshore wind PPA in Taiwan with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
Tied to the 495MW Fengmiao offshore wind project
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Microsoft to purchase 1.4m tons of carbon removal from reforestation firm Living Carbon
Credits generated from projects across the US Appalachian region
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Apple data centers consumed more than 2.5 billion Kwh over 2024
Used to power eight operational data centers and colocation facilities
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Fujitsu teams up with Supermicro, Nidec to launch data center energy efficiency initiative
Will be initially tested at Fujitsu’s Tatebayashi Data Center
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Ofgem approves UK interconnection reforms, potentially clearing more than 750GW from its connection queue
Will remove "zombie" projects from interconnection queue
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nLighten and Shell Spain agree PPA for Madrid data center
Came into effect on 1 April
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Thousands more leave US Department of Energy, despite Trump declaring "national energy emergency"
As many as 2,600 depart, more at risk
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Microsoft signs 15-year 6.75m ton carbon removal agreement with AtmosClear in Louisiana
Removals derived from bioenergy carbon capture & storage project
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Google signs 10MW geothermal PPA with Baseload Capital in Taiwan
Includes direct investment into Baseload Capital