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A worker sits inside the control centre of the Digital Realty data center, in Dublin, Ireland, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
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Ireland embraced data centers that the AI boom needs. Now they’re consuming too much of its energy

Dozens of data centers at the outskirts of Dublin are consuming more electricity than all of the urban homes in Ireland.

FILE PHOTO: Natural gas flares off at a production facility owned by Exxon near Carlsbad, New Mexico, U.S. February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
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AI’s energy hunger fuels geothermal startups but natgas rivalry clouds future

Large data-center operators are racing to meet the energy needs of artificial intelligence.

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Google and Apex Collaborate on Virginia’s First Onshore Wind Farm

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apex Clean Energy and Google today announced a power purchase agreement for the full capacity of Rocky Forge Wind. As Virginia’s...

An employee of a wastewater treatment plant on the island of Psyttalia, Greece December 2, 2020. Picture taken December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas/ File Photo
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Climate tech firms get $80 million to pull carbon from paper mills, sewage plant

Google, H&M, and Stripe will buy $80M in carbon credits from firms using tech to capture emissions from paper mills and sewage plants.

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U.S. Sustainable Data Center Market Industry Outlook & Forecast 2024-2029 – Hyperscale Operators are Increasingly Securing Renewable Energy – ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "U.S. Sustainable Data Center Market - Industry Outlook & Forecast 2024-2029" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The U.S. Sustainable...

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CAI Joins TPG, Google and Greenbelt Capital in More Than $800M Funding of Intersect Power to Accelerate Next Generation Decarbonization Solutions

MILL VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Climate Adaptive Infrastructure (“CAI”), a leading investment firm focused on energy decarbonization and sustainable water infrastructure, today announced its follow-on...

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen outside Google Bay View facilities during the Made by Google event in Mountain View, California, U.S. August 13, 2024. REUTERS/Manuel Orbegozo/File Photo
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Google invests in Intersect Power in over $800 million funding round amid AI race

Google joins others in backing Intersect Power in a $800M+ clean energy funding round.

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Intersect Power Forms Strategic Partnership with Google and TPG Rise Climate to Co-Locate Data Center Load and Clean Power Generation

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intersect Power, LLC (“Intersect Power” or “Intersect”) announced today a strategic partnership with Google and TPG Rise Climate (“TPG”) to provide...

Many of Britain’s wind farms are funded through the Contracts for Difference scheme (Ben Birchall/PA)
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Fact check: Many UK wind power auctions set prices below the current market price

There is an auction every year to allow generators of renewable energy to bid for contracts under the British scheme.

Members of Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) fire brigade work to extinguish a fire rising in Amazon rainforest in Apui, Amazonas state, Brazil, August 8, 2024. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
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Brazil’s Tocantins state to offer $430 million in carbon credits

The value and number of carbon credits is contingent on the state successfully reducing deforestation.