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New AI Partnership to Invest in Data Centers and Supporting Power Infrastructure

September 19, 2024 admin AI, Artificial Intelligence, blackrock, Business, data center, experience power, experience power week, full coverage, global infrastructure partners, Infrastructure, International, mgx, microsoft, news, nvidia, power, Power Demand, Technology

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 20:32:30 +0000

$100 billion investment potential will enhance American competitiveness in artificial intelligence (AI) while meeting the growing need for energy infrastructure to power economic growth The drive to develop more powerful […]

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GE Vernova Integrating Energy Storage for Australia Data Center Complex

September 16, 2024 admin Australia, data center, Energy Storage, ge vernova, news, power, Queensland, quinbrook infrastructure partners

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 19:10:42 +0000

GE Vernova said it has been chosen by investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners to integrate 250 MW/1,000 MWh of battery energy storage into a major data center complex in Queensland, […]

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Data Centers & AI Are Sucking Up Huge Amounts Of Renewable Energy

June 6, 2024 admin AI, Amazon, clean power, data center, data centers, google, green economy, grid, microsoft, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 15:08:51 +0000

Mention electric cars, and some people will go off on a tirade about how there is not enough electricity to charge them all, and if they happened to be charging at the same time, the electrical grid will implode as transmission wires melt and transformers self-destruct in a shower of … [continued]

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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Provides Backup Power for Microsoft Data Center

January 21, 2024 admin ballard power systems, caterpillar, data center, distributed energy, engineering, fuel cells, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell, microsoft, news, power, Technology, Wyoming

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 15:11:16 +0000

A demonstration project led by Caterpillar at a Wyoming site showed that large-format hydrogen fuel cells could be used to supply backup power to a data center. Caterpillar on Jan. […]

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Creating More Resilient Data Centers to Navigate Energy Volatility and Extreme Weather

July 28, 2023 admin Business, data center, distributed energy, Energy Storage, International, microgrid, news, power, Renewables, schneider electric, sustainability, Technology

Credit to Author: Carsten Baumann| Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 17:46:36 +0000

An astonishing surge of heat across the globe shattered temperature records and marked three days of July 2023 as likely the hottest in Earth’s modern history. When temperatures rise dramatically, […]

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No, Data Center Backup Isn’t A Good Fit For Redox Flow Batteries Yet

February 12, 2023 admin batteries, biofuels, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, data center, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, green economy, grid, heat pump, Internet, investment, lithium-ion batteries, natural gas, redox flow batteries, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 18:05:10 +0000

If you are only burning a few hundred gallons a year for a data center drawing 100 MW 24/7/365, the cost and carbon debt of fuel for your generators is not material.