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The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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PJM sets out proposal to hasten grid connection for shovel-ready projects
PJM has indicated it will provide stakeholders with a formal proposal early next month
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Microsoft has more than 20GW of renewable energy under contract
As it plans for its data centers to be carbon neutral by 2030
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Iberdrola seeks partners to build data centers in Spain - report
It aims for 200MW capacity by 2030
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Amazon claims it was the world's largest buyer of renewable energy in 2023
The tech giant is making progress towards net zero, but could it do more?
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China's GDS promises to hit net-zero by 2030
2022 ESG report says 30 of its facilities are on all-renewable energy
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Prea and Van Caem reveal details of Bluestar 60MW data center in Berlin
The four-building, four-story project will be the largest rentable facility in Berlin
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Germany to pass Energy Efficiency Act, demanding heat reuse in data centers
UPDATED: The debate on the Act has been put off till September. The German Data Center Association still has concerns
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US data centers buy 40GW of renewable power - two-thirds of the corporate market
Green power contracted by service providers jumps by 50 percent in a year, and could stress State net-zero plans
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EU rules that France can use nuclear energy to make "green" hydrogen
But Germany will contest the new definition of "low-carbon" energy
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PDG buys geothermal energy for three Indonesian data centers
Through purchase of RECs from state energy firm PLN
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France and Sweden have cleanest EU power, says report
German energy is dirty, and Ireland has a fluctuating carbon intensity
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TikTok owner ByteDance criticized in Greenpeace report on Chinese cloud providers
GDS leads the pack - but Chinese cloud giants are slow to pick up renewable energy
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Alibaba shares low carbon patents, and promises to use clean energy by 2030
Joins Low Carhon Patent Pledge
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Singapore's government data center quota is "not enough" - SGTech
Tech industry may have to make its own electricity grid
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Micron Technology announces 40MW solar energy project with Idaho Power
Continuing the pursuit of 100 percent renewable energy by 2025
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Microsoft cuts its direct footprint, but its supply chain emissions went up in 2021
Despite Microsoft's commitment to be carbon negative by 2030, Scope 3 emissions are difficult to control
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California scientists propose "information batteries" to store renewable energy
When the sun shines, do some calculations
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Google and Amazon are top PPA buyers, but their net-zero claims are greenwash
PPAs are making progress, but big players make ambigous promises and ignore their supply chain emissons
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Equinix promises to cut emissions by 50 percent by 2030, and use all renewables
Scope 1 and 2 will be cut by half, no mention of scope 3
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AES and Google sign 500MW renewable energy deal for Northern Virginia data centers
Energy company to provide search giant’s facility with mix of wind, solar, hydro and battery storage over ten years
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Apple says its $4.7bn Green Bonds will create 1.2GW of renewable power
In 2020, 17 projects brought 350MW of green power online
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Scala Data Centers announces three more São Paulo data centers, goes 100 percent renewable
Digital Colony-backed provider is first in Latin America to go all-renewable
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Aligned Energy to match 100 percent of its IT load with renewable energy
Aligning with the science of climate change
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Microsoft buys 125MW of renewable energy from Ohio wind farms
Enough to power the equivalent of more than 36,000 homes annually
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Fujitsu joins RE100, promises to use 100% renewable energy by 2050
Joining a growing number of Japanese companies going green
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Data centers will increase Denmark's carbon footprint
Leaked government report says Facebook, Apple and friends will raise the country’s emissions by ten percent
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Telia opens Finland’s largest shared data center
The new facility in Helsinki offers 24MW of power capacity