Soluna acquires 60 acres in Texas for 187MW Bitcoin mining site
Facility to be colocated with 240MW wind farm
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The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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EDF calls for expressions of interest from data center developers for three sites
Company looking to offer land at three power station sites
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Pembina, Kineticor form JV to develop 1.8GW gas project in Alberta to serve Canadian data center market
Will be developed in 450MW phases
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Kentucky utilities submit planning permission for 1.29GW of natural gas power to serve data center sector
Units will take five years to build
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PJM approves $5.9bn in new transmission projects to support data centers
Huge increase in data center load a crucial factor in cost revision
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First Energy data center pipeline surges to 2.6GW by 2029
Almost double its reported pipeline from November
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Hyperscale Data to expand Michigan data center to 340MW with 40MW behind-the-meter gas deal
The 40MW will be delivered within 18 months of the agreement execution
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Equinix loses appeal to get permission for gas-powered data center in Dublin
An Bord Pleanála says no to islanded gas-powered data center
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Sharon AI and New Era Helium acquire 200 acres in West Texas for natural gas-powered data center
Company eyes land outside Odessa
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Last Energy to build 30 microreactors in Texas to power data center market
Will be built on a 200-acre site in Haskell County
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Crypto firm DMG looks to buy 10MW of prefab modular data centers for GenAI pivot
Company looks to jump on AI gravy train
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Schneider Electric launches R&D data center in Massachusetts
Company opens data center and microgrid research labs at Andover R&D center
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Diamondback Energy eyes data center partnerships in Permian Basin
Looking to partner with independent power producers to build natural gas plants
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NRG partners with GE Vernova to develop 5.4GW of gas generation for US data center market
First facility is expected to begin commercial operations in 2029
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Spain's grid operator gives Solaria greenlight for two data center projects totaling 438MW
Renewable company planning facilities in Madrid and Basque Country
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Cipher Mining acquires more than 500 acres across two sites in Texas for crypto and HPC use
Company buys land outside Andrews, expands site near Colorado City
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New APR, Duos to deploy 100MW of behind-the-meter gas power for US hyperscaler
Expected to complete installation in next ten days
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Drax in discussions with data centers over potential supply agreements
Will provide further information in annual report
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Hyperscale Data to scale Michigan data center to 300MW
Company taps advisor to explore options for site
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Indiana regulators approve new rules for data centers seeking grid connection
Will apply to new or expanded facilities with a capacity of at least 70MW
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FERC commisioner defends data center colocation, backs broader review
In favor of agreements between power plants and nearby data centers
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Southern Company to extend life of three coal plants due to data center energy demand
The plants have a combined capacity of 8.2GW
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Bloom extends fuel cell supply agreement with Equinix
Signs carbon capture partnership with Chart Industries
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Ireland’s energy regulator proposes policy requiring data centers to match load with new power generation
Data center operators would have to match new capacity with generation and/or storage
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Data centers could unlock 76GW of US grid capacity through optional curtailment - report
Study finds load flexibility measures by data centers could facilitate new capacity
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Environmental groups move to block power supply for Meta’s planned Louisiana AI data center
The group's goal is to "determine the impact on ratepayers"
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US utilities report significant growth in data centers seeking grid connection
Growth reported across most major US utilities