Commissioned by Fluence, the study finds flexible capacity from a battery costs $371 million over 25 years in Texas – under a third of the price of gas and a sixth of diesel.
The national solar association has welcomed the government's plan to link data centres to the expansion of renewable energy, but argues the draft regulation is too rigid and could hold back investment in both solar and data centres.
Hamburg-based Qubite International has launched solar-powered data centres in the UAE, aiming to serve European enterprise and cloud demand.
The innovative solar system is now powering a data centre for a Swiss telecom service provider. The complexity of the installation necessitated a DC-optimised solar inverter solution.
Market players and policy-makers agree: To ensure a robust expansion of renewables, there must be more private-sector market mechanisms. The goal: fewer tenders and feed-in tariffs, and more direct power purchase agreements between electricity suppliers and consumers.
Microsoft is missing its climate targets due to the boom in data centers and AI. The tech giant wants to counteract this by using more renewable energies, among other things – but it also includes nuclear power in this. The company is not communicating transparent figures on this.
Power management company Eaton announced that it is working with Microsoft to identify ways for data centers to monetize existing assets and integrate more renewable energy sources to help create a more sustainable and stable grid.
RWE Renewables has partnered with Facebook and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to realize a 150-megawatt (MW) solar facility in Shelby County, Tennessee, in the US.
