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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The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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CleanSpark faces backlash over Bitcoin mining site in Mountain City, Tennessee
Petition started to stop CleanSpark’s Bitcoin mining site in Tennessee
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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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Hyperscalers prepare for 1MW racks at OCP EMEA; Google announces new CDU
Hyperscalers look to disaggregate power from IT to reach 1MW racks
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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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LG, KEPCO, and Hanwha partner to develop DC-powered data center
Companies aim to commercialize DC-powered DCs
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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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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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Hive Digital completes 100MW Bitcoin data center in Paraguay
Launches facility acquired from Bit Digital earlier this year
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Soluna and Blockware sign 5MW crypto hosting agreement
Soluna to host Blockware's Bitcoin mining machines in two-year deal
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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.
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Corscale and Affinius partner with e2Companies to deploy off grid power solution across US data center portfolio
Agreement will run for an initial 24-month period
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FERC commisioner Willie Phillips to step down
Former chair asked to leave position by White House
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CoreWeave leases another 260MW capacity from Galaxy in Texas
Company exercises option to take more capacity with Galaxy
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Sam Altman to step down as chairman of SMR firm Oklo
Could pave the way for a partnership between Oklo and OpenAI
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Soluna plans 145MW wind-powered data center campus in Texas
Another colocated project from the AI and crypto firm
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Sharon AI and New Era Helium to expand Texas site for natural gas powered AI data center
Expanded from 200 acres to 235 acres
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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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DCD Podcast - Are utilities overstating data center demand growth?
Utilities in Southeast US plan to build 20GW of new gas generation by 2040
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Bitdeer acquires 40MW of Bitcoin mining containers from Saiheat
As Saiheat looks to offer SMRs to crypto firms
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New nuclear capacity has potential to meet 10 percent of data center demand in US over next decade - report
Estimate based on an expansion of between 35 to 62GW during period
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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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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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Soluna acquires land in Texas for 166MW crypto/AI campus
First 83MW could be online by 2026