Google and Shell sign PPA for repowered offshore wind farm in the Netherlands
Will enable Shell to acquire permit extensions and invest in upgrades
News - Zachary Skidmore, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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Microsoft expands carbon removal agreement with Stockholm Exergi
Increases quantity of carbon removal to 5.08 million tons
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PJM selects 51 projects for fast track interconnection to meet increased demand from data center sector
More than half of the projects are gas fired generation
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Virginia Governor vetoes bipartisan data center oversight bill
Claimed that it would create "unnecessary red tape"
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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
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Meta signs two solar contracts with Sunraycer in Texas
Tied to two solar projects in Texas
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Exelon data center pipeline surges to 36GW, prompting $15bn grid upgrade
Warned that customers could face economic uncertainty moving forward
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FiberLight closes $500m sustainability linked refinancing facility
Will use refinancing to accelerate network expansion
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TC Energy approves $900m pipeline expansion in US Midwest to serve data center market
The Northwoods pipeline expansion project has an in-service date of late 2029
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Dominion sees no slow down in Northern Virginia data center demand, proposes new electricity rates for large load customers
New rate would apply to facilities with a contracted capacity of 25MW or more
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Rio de Janeiro set to host Latin America's largest data center campus
The "Rio AI City" project was announced at Web Summit Rio on 27 April
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PowerTransitions to convert former power plant in Kansas City into data center
Plan to use the site's existing infrastructure to construct two data center buildings
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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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Solaris to supply 900MW of natural gas power to 'major' data center operator as part of joint venture agreement
Length of agreement extended to seven years
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Dominion to build new high voltage lines to supply proposed 900MW data center in Chesterfield County, Virginia
Construction is planned for February 2027
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UK data center firms could build gas power plants to expedite projects - report
Seen as a quicker route to market amid long interconnection delays
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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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South Carolina utility Santee Cooper enacts new electricity rates for data centers and other large loads
Will apply to facilities that require 50MW or more
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Spain and Portugal hit by massive power outage
Impact to data center sector unknown
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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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Duke Energy buys 11 GE Vernova natural gas turbines to help meet growing data center power demand
Will add to eight previously acquired
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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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Oregon House passes bill to ensure data centers cover fair share of energy infrastructure costs
Will also require new data centers to purchase electricity from utilities for at least ten years.