Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:36:22 +0000
A Virginia-based energy company plans to build a natural gas-fired power plant along with multiple data centers on some 2,200 acres in that state, according to documents filed with local […]
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Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:30:26 +0000
3% of the world’s electricity is used by data centers. That’s up from, well, zero, not too long ago. It’s everything from iCloud to websites to cat videos to Instagram reels to Facetime calls. A blog post uses a lot less data than a podcast, which uses less than a … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:47:24 +0000
American Electric Power (AEP) subsidiary AEP Ohio filed a settlement agreement with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) and key stakeholders on Oct. 23 to address the costs of […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 21:56:59 +0000
A company backed by Japan’s SoftBank Group and Ares Climate Infrastructure said three solar power of its projects are now online in Texas. SB Energy, a renewable energy group focused […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 01:33:10 +0000
The power generation sector is looking at numerous ways to provide enough electricity to satisfy demand from data centers. Bloomberg Intelligence recently said its research shows data centers, buildings filled […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:06:07 +0000
Japan’s Sumitomo Corp and Perennial Power Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corp. of Americas, have set up a joint venture with Virginia-based CEP Solar LLC to deliver renewable energy […]
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Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 11:18:04 +0000
There is a growing concern about the energy use in data centers. Data centers are effectively that — a central location where our data is stored, and bounced in and out to stream whatever it is the end user thousands of miles away is requesting on the internet, whether it’s … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Rahul Mewawalla| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 16:26:54 +0000
The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is transforming our world, but it comes with an insatiable surge in data centers that are powered by an ever-growing appetite for energy. As AI […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:29:06 +0000
Google’s top executive confirmed the company is working on large-scale data centers that would use more than 1 GW of power. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, in a […]
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:04:25 +0000
Rapid growth in the U.S. data center market is ushering in a new era of power demand and testing the ability of electric utilities to keep pace with this surging […]
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