Environmental Groups Urge Microsoft to Skip Gas in Favor of Solar & Wind to Power Data Center

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 22:34:19 +0000

A coalition of environmental and health groups has called on Microsoft to rely on clean energy generation instead of a proposed expansion of methane-fueled power for its planned Racine County data center — projected to become Wisconsin Electric’s “largest electric load.” In an open letter to Microsoft, the groups charge … [continued]

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Microsoft Would Restart Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Power AI

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:06:16 +0000

Microsoft has announced a deal to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. It’s the latest move by a technology company to use nuclear power to provide […]

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

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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Data Center Emissions Much Higher Than Reported

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:24:16 +0000

One thing that frosts my shorts is a press release from some renewable energy developer touting how many homes a new installation can power. The dirty little secret no one wants to talk about is that much of the new renewable energy coming online today will be used to power … [continued]

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Ohio PUC Struggles To Balance Demands Of Data Centers And Utility Company

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 13:43:50 +0000

A struggle over data centers is taking place in Ohio, where the local utility fears it will build more capacity then be deserted by Big Tech.

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Timberline Solar Roof, EV Battery Reuse in Madrid, 1000 Illuminators Jobs — Clean News Roundup

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 02:29:43 +0000

In addition to our electric vehicle news roundup, here’s a new roundup on clean energy and energy storage stories. From solar roofs to EV battery reuse for stationary storage in Spain to community solar and virtual power plants — there’s a lot to share. Read on for all the fun! … [continued]

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Community Solar Is Coming For Your Fossil Fuels

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 19:11:13 +0000

Microsoft and Pivot Energy have joined forces to pump up to 500 megawatts into the rapidly expanding community solar market.

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Weird & Wacky Ways Of Powering Data Centers Are Under Consideration

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 15:55:01 +0000

Data centers consume enormous amounts of electricity. They promise to use only renewable energy, but is that realistic?

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No, AI Queries & Images Aren’t Carbon Bombs, So Stop Hyperventilating

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 16:05:37 +0000

Regular readers will either appreciate or hate that for roughly 20 months I’ve been decorating my articles and presentations with images generated by artificial intelligence algorithms. I’m not going to address the full range of reasons, but will just do some basic math on the electricity use to get a … [continued]

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Data Centers & AI Are Sucking Up Huge Amounts Of Renewable 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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