Category: News
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The Guardian: Power grab: the hidden costs of Ireland’s datacentre boom
Power grab: the hidden costs of Ireland’s datacentre boom | Ireland | The Guardian A datacentre on the outskirts of Dublin. Photograph: Patrick Bolger/The Guardian Datacentres are part of Ireland’s vision of itself as a tech hub. There are now more than 80, using vast Read More …
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Virginia Mercury: State lawmakers want to peel back the curtain at the nation’s biggest electrical grid operator
State lawmakers want to peel back the curtain at the nation’s biggest electrical grid operator – Virginia Mercury BY: ROBERT ZULLO – FEBRUARY 9, 2024 2:23 PM A Dominion substation in New Kent County, Virginia. (Sarah Vogelsong / Virginia Mercury) Last year, Maryland state lawmaker Lorig Read
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BLOG: Dirty No.Va. Data Centers Cause Failure to Reach Climate Goals
Dirty No.Va. Data Centers Cause Failure to Reach Climate Goals (stoppathwv.com)
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BBC.com: Future data centres may have built-in nuclear reactors
Future data centres may have built-in nuclear reactors (bbc.com) Feb. 14, 2024 By Michael DempseyTechnology reporter BBC Chris Sharp thinks that new data centres will need to be powered by their own nuclear reactors A man with a shiny metal Concorde model on his desk, Read More …
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Data Center Dynamics: Nuclear-powered data center campus in Surry, Virginia, gets rezoning approval
Nuclear-powered data center campus in Surry, Virginia, gets rezoning approval – DCD (datacenterdynamics.com) Site will eventually house small modular nuclear reactors February 13, 2024 By Matthew Gooding A nuclear-powered data center campus in Surry, Virginia, has moved a step closer to fruition af
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Frederick News-Post: Proposed power grid upgrades driven by Va. data centers could cost Marylanders $500M
Proposed power grid upgrades driven by Va. data centers could cost Marylanders $500M | Economy & business | fredericknewspost.com By Gabrielle Lewis glewis@newspost.com Feb 13, 2024 Staff photo by Ric Dugan A crew from Telecon Services work on installation of innerduct for fiber optic cable Read Mor
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Newsweek: Want to Reduce Power Outages? Move Grids Underground, Says Energy Expert
Want to Reduce Power Outages? Move Grids Underground, Says Energy Expert (newsweek.com) By Adam Piore Published Feb 08, 2024 Extreme weather is revealing the vulnerability of the nation’s power grid—with increasingly catastrophic consequences. Downed power lines likely played a role in igniting both
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Bisnow: Huge Data Center Campus Proposed In Virginia Would Test New Guidelines Aimed At Curbing Such Projects
Huge Data Center Campus Proposed In Virginia Would Test New Guidelines Aimed At Curbing Such Projects (bisnow.com) NationalData Center February 12, 2024 Dan Rabb, Data Centers A new data center developer has proposed a large-scale campus in Virginia’s Fauquier County that could test recently enacte
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MD OPC (Office of People’s Counsel) Protest to FERC
MdOPC Protest and Affidavit of R. Nelson ER24-843 02-09-24
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Bloomberg: US Energy Firm in Talks To Tap Data Center Generators
US Energy Firm in Talks To Tap Data Center Generators (datacenterknowledge.com) Duke Energy is in talks to leverage the power from data center generators during peak grid demand. Bloomberg News | Feb 09, 2024 (Bloomberg) — US power company Duke Energy Corporation is in talks Read More …