Large data centre projects intended to support AI and cloud workloads are facing power shortages and grid delays. Some are also facing planning disputes, land-use concerns, and rising construction costs. A report by The Guardian, citing data from the Uptime Institute, said 250 data centre projects requiring more than 100MW of power each were announced […]
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South Korea is moving to expand its AI infrastructure base through a series of projects covering data centres, semiconductors, and robotics. SK Telecom plans to build up to 15GW of AI data centre capacity. The plan follows a set of South Korean “mega projects” covering semiconductors, physical AI, and AI data centres. Samsung Electronics, SK […]
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Microsoft has signed a 20-year power agreement with Chevron for a planned AI data centre in West Texas. Chevron’s wholly owned subsidiary, Energy Forge One LLC, signed the power purchase agreement with Microsoft. The agreement covers dedicated electricity for a Microsoft-operated data centre through Project Kilby, a co-located power facility and data centre complex. Chevron […]
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US federal energy regulators have ordered six regional grid operators to create faster connection processes for large power users, including AI data centres, seeking access to the high-voltage transmission system. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to require the operators to show how they will handle requests from large electricity users in […]
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Google has broken ground on a new data centre in Horndal, Sweden. The facility will support Google services including Search, Cloud, Workspace, and YouTube. The company said the site will help meet demand for cloud services in Sweden and other markets. The International Energy Agency said electricity demand from data centres rose 17% in 2025 […]
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Keppel has started construction on a floating data centre project in Singapore, a 25MW facility designed to combat land and water constraints affecting data centre development. The company disclosed the construction plans in its first-quarter 2026 business update, aiming to begin work on the Keppel DC SGP 9 in mid-2026 at its Genting Lane campus. […]
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Google’s €5.5 billion plan to expand its presence in Germany is about more than new buildings and servers. Running from 2026 to 2029, the investment shows how global cloud and AI providers are starting to link technology growth with sustainability, workforce skills, and energy efficiency — priorities now central to how European enterprises plan and […]
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OVHcloud has released an updated version of its Environmental Impact Tracker, a tool designed to help users measure emissions linked to their cloud usage. The new version builds on its earlier carbon calculator by covering more cloud services and moving toward broader environmental metrics beyond just carbon output. At launch, the tracker works with Baremetal, […]
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With over half of all corporate data held in the cloud as of 2022, demand for cloud storage has never been higher. This has triggered extreme energy consumption throughout the data centre industry, leading to hefty greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Worryingly, the European Commission now estimates that by 2030, EU data centre energy use will… Read more »
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AWS announced a large solar project, part of its commitment to powering all of its global infrastructure with renewables
Amazon announced this week that it has teamed up with Community Energy to build and operate an 80 megawatt (MW) solar farm in Virginia, which the companies claim to be the largest solar farm in the state.
The announcement comes just one day after an environmental advocacy group hit out at AWS over its carbon footprint and energy reporting practices.
The companies said the solar farm, to be named the Amazon Solar Farm US East, will start generating approximately 170,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of solar power annually as early as October 2016 – which is roughly equivalent to the amount of energy used to power approximately 15,000 US homes for a year.
Amazon said the power purchasing agreement (PPA) is part of its long-term goal announced last year of powering all of its datacentre infrastructure using 100 per cent renewables. It said as of April this year about a quarter of its infrastructure is powered by renewables.
“We continue to make significant progress towards our long-term commitment to power the global AWS infrastructure with 100 percent renewable energy,” said Jerry Hunter, vice president of infrastructure at Amazon Web Services. “Amazon Solar Farm US East – the second PPA that will serve both existing and planned AWS datacenters in the central and eastern US – has the added benefit of working to increase the availability of renewable energy in the Commonwealth of Virginia.”
Community Energy chief executive Brent Alderfer said: “We are pleased to work with Amazon Web Services to build the largest solar farm in Virginia and one of the largest east of the Mississippi. This project, which wouldn’t have been possible without AWS’ leadership, helps accelerate the commercialization and deployment of solar photovoltaic (PV) technologies at scale in Virginia.”
Earlier this week Green America, a US-based environmental advocacy group, said Amazon is far behind other datacentre operators – including some of its large competitors like Google, Microsoft, Apple and Facebook – in terms of its renewable energy use and reporting practices. Google and Apple have been particularly strong in using or generating renewable energy to power their datacentres, with Apple committed to a number of large solar projects globally.
The group launched a campaign this week aimed at convincing Amazon to alter its environmental strategy. It is calling on Amazon to commit to full use of renewables for its datacentres by 2020 (AWS hasn’t set a target date publicly); submit accurate and complete data to the Carbon Disclosure Project; and issue and annual sustainability report.