Data center

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Google Order Three New Nuclear Power Plants for Its Data Centers

Google has entered a cooperation agreement with Elementl Power, a nuclear energy startup, to support the development of three new nuclear power plants with a co…

Portugal

Schneider Electric, Start Campus Debut New AI-Ready Data Centre at Sines, Portugal

Schneider Electric and Start Campus have collaborated to launch SIN01, a state-of-the-art data center facility in Sines, Portugal. Operational since late 2024, …

Germany

Portus Expands Munich Data Centre Campus With AI-Ready, 5.5MW Facility

Portus Data Centers has announced plans to expand its Munich campus with a new 5.5MW colocation facility named MUC2. This Tier III+ carrier-neutral data center …

United States

ValorC3 Announces New 10MW AI-Ready Data Centre in Boise

ValorC3 Data Centers will soon begin construction on a new data center in Boise, Idaho, marking its second facility in the city. The project, set to be operatio…

Saudi Arabia

Khazna Targets 25% of Saudi Data Centre Market in Ambitious Expansion: Report

Dubai-based Khazna Data Centers is planning a major expansion into Saudi Arabia, targeting at least 25% of the Kingdom’s data center market. CEO Hassan Al…

Battery

Samsung SDI to Showcase New High-Density Battery at 2025 Interbattery Europe in May

Samsung SDI, a leading battery manufacturer, will unveil its U8A1 high-density battery, designed for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems targeting AI dat…

Gas turbine engine

Duke Energy Taps GE Vernova for Gas Turbine Partnership

Duke Energy and GE Vernova have entered into a partnership to supply natural gas turbines and related equipment to address increasing energy demands driven by a…

Brazil

TikTok Owner Weighs Data Center Project in Brazil, Sources Say

ByteDance, the Chinese company behind TikTok, is exploring a significant investment in a data center in Brazil, according to three informed sources. The project…

Metal

Chile’s Antofagasta Predicts Strong Copper Demand Despite Tariff Uncertainty

In 2024, Ivan Arriagada, CEO of Chilean mining company Antofagasta, addressed the impact of recent U.S. tariffs on metal demand, particularly copper. He noted t…

Nuclear Reactor

Aalo Unveils Microreactors Option for Data Centres

Aalo Atomics, a US-based microreactor developer from Austin, Texas, has introduced the Aalo Pod, a 50 MWe "extra modular reactor" designed to supply power to da…

Gas turbine engine

Musk’s XAI Increased Tennessee Gas Turbines Without Permits, Community Groups Say

Elon Musk’s xAI has significantly increased the number of gas turbines at its Tennessee data center, nearly doubling the previously known count and exceed…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Trump Order Looks to Tap Coal in Quest to Power Data Centers

A report indicated that U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing to increase coal mining and usage within the country. The initiative aims to support the growing …

Gas power plant

GE Vernova to Supply Turbines by 2026 for Planned Natgas Power Plant in Pennsylvania

GE Vernova, a key energy equipment provider, will supply seven turbines to transform the former Homer City Generating Station in Pennsylvania from a coal-powere…

Electricity Transmission

CERAWEEK Data Center Build-Out Stokes Fears of Overburdening Biggest US Grid

The rapid development of AI data centers is intensifying concerns about how well an aging U.S. electrical grid can hold up to that demand, energy executives and…

Photovoltaic （PV）

CERAWEEK US Wind and Solar Still Have Room to Grow for Data Centers, Microsoft VP Says

U.S. wind and solar development still has significant room for expansion to power data centers, particularly in the Midwest wind corridor and sunny southwest, M…