Unconstrained data center growth in Virginia could outstrip power supply - report
Report outlines several findings that could significantly impact the state's data center market
News - Renewable energy
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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GH2 exploring wind-to-hydrogen powered data campus in Canada
Due to concerns over the growth of the commercial-scale green ammonia market, the company has pivoted towards data centers as a potential offtake partner
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Amazon signs four onshore wind PPAs in Greece
Two of the PPAs are tied to the 44.4MW Vermio wind farm, which is divided into Vermio North and South
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Solaria in negotiations to form data center joint ventures in US and Europe
The company is negotiating with several American and European players
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Duke Energy to include take-or-pay provisions in US data center agreements
Contracts for data centers with more than 100MW of power demand will require minimum payments under new provisions
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EPRI launches initiative to explore how data centers can support grid transmission
DCFlex's founding members include some of the most preeminent players in the utility and data center markets
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Bharti Airtel and Nokia sign “Green 5G” initiative
Projected to reduce Airtel's carbon emissions by an estimated 143,413 tons of CO2 annually.
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Vodafone teams up with Vilicom to provide 4G services to world's largest offshore wind farm
The 4G network will assist operations on the windfarm
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AWS announces 18 new renewable energy projects across the US and Europe
New projects add 2GW, taking company’s 2021 procured capacity to 5.6GW
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AWS targeting renewable energy projects in Japan
Nikkei reports the company looking at buying energy from new wind and solar plants
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Keppel signs MoU to explore importing hydrogen for its data centers
Study will continue till end of 2021
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Icolo.io installs solar panels on data centers in Nairobi and Mombasa
Rooftop solar systems to deliver 200kW of power
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Amazon announces nine renewable energy projects across Europe and North America
Company now producing 8.5GW of renewable energy across more than 200 projects
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Facebook signs first renewable energy deal in India, claims global operations are 100 percent carbon neutral
FB buys solar power from CleanMax, takes company to 63 renewable projects worldwide
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PayPal commits to being carbon neutral by 2040
Company aims to source 100 percent renewable power for data centers by 2023
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Facebook to buy renewable energy from offshore floating solar farm in Singapore
Social network signs VPPA for energy from floating solar panels, in addition to 100MW signed last year
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Bharti Airtel to commission solar plant for data centers in Uttar Pradesh, India
14MW solar plant will power core and edge facilities in region
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State Farm buys renewable power purchase commitment for its Texas data center
Insurance firm looks to reduce carbon footprint of its Richardson facility
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New solar farm in Kentucky to provide Facebook with 145MW of power
Logan County Solar farm to provide FB and General Motors with renewable power from 2023
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Google releases tool showing renewable energy mix for Cloud regions
New data shows GCP energy mix, allowing customers to make better hosting decisions
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Irish politician asks Dáil to reassess fast-track planning status for data centers
Current data center growth clashes with Ireland’s sustainability goals, argues Bríd Smith
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Local council uses UK Government decarbonization grant to put solar panels on data center
Blackburn with Darwen Council to install solar panels and new UPS through scheme
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Visa to power Virginia data center with 100 percent solar energy
Payments firms signs renewable energy deal with Shell subsidiary MP2 Energy
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BT Group signs three-year renewable energy deal with Total
Total providing wind, solar, and hydro energy for half of BT’s annual electricity consumption across UK
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Colt’s UK & European operations now 100 percent powered by renewable energy
All 17 of the Colt DC’s European facilities are powered by renewables
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Poland’s Netia switches to renewable energy to power data centers and cloud services
Polish telecoms provider will use onshore wind farms to power facilities in Warsaw and Krakow
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Google orders 120,000 solar panels [updated]
Search giant has custom solar panels made for offices in California
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ChinData releases carbon neutral roadmap, pledges to be carbon neutral by 2030
Chindata becomes first Chinese data center company to make carbon neutral promise