renewable energy
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The UK government has continued its ripping up of archaic planning rules to cut grid connection waiting times. -
Uncover the key talking points from the inaugural Datacloud & Energy ESG summit
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As Europe transitions towards greener energy, the role of data centres in supporting grid stability is coming under increased scrutiny. At the Datacloud Energy & ESG 2025 panel discussion, industry leaders debated how data centres can evolve from passive energy consumers into active participants in grid management.
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As access to power is increasingly compounding new data centre projects, could nuclear energy be the answer to addressing power supply challenges?
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In the competitive data centre industry, where profit margins often dictate decision-making, it can be tough to push the boundaries of sustainable operations while adhering to shareholder demands.
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Ireland's energy regulator has proposed new rules that would force new data centres to provide power generation capabilities that would match their capacity demand in order to reduce strain on the national grid.
Forthcoming events
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UK energy regulator Ofgem has greenlit five new subsea energy links in the North Sea.
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New research from Gartner suggests that increased power demands from data centres running AI and generative AI workloads could constrain power availability in 40% of sites by 2027.
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Investment firm DTCP has backed the new sustainable data centre platform GreenScale, to support its efforts to sustainably support hyperscale and AI workloads.
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Investment firm KKR has formed a partnership with power generation investors Energy Capital Partners (ECP) to create a $50 billion fund to invest in digital infrastructure opportunities aimed at supporting AI and cloud workloads.
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Nigeria’s telecoms regulator has called on mobile network operators to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
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French renewable energy company Engie has signed power purchase agreements with data centre operator Digital Realty and French telco Iliad.
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An organisation called Green America has started a campaign against telecoms operators in the US, and is calling on them to move to renewable energy by 2025.
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Stack Infrastructure (Stack) has broken ground on its seventh campus in Northern Virginia, bringing its total regional footprint to nearly 1GW.
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Google’s cloud regions and offices in the UK and Spain are on track to operate at or near 90% carbon-free energy in 2025, according to a senior company executive.
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Swisscom is joining a Swiss national alliance to work together to avert what it expects to be an impending energy crisis this coming winter.
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Neos Networks has confirmed that it is to provide the communications links from the Viking Energy Wind Farm, likely to be one of the biggest onshore wind farms in the world, and headquarters of the company building it, SSE Renewables.
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Vodafone is to hold a worldwide Dragon’s Den-style competition to find ways to generate renewable power directly at mobile phone base stations.
Forthcoming events
Datacloud Asia 2025 co-located with ITW Asia
3 DECEMBER - 4 DECEMBER 2025 Singapore, Singapore
