Wind power stories
Aurora Journal launches private digital journaling platform
Last week
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data protection
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encryption
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hyperscale
Aurora Journal rolls out encrypted on-device journaling tool as founder and Chief Executive Officer David Krieger touts privacy, sustainability and aid plan.
AI surge strains data centres over power & capacity
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virtualisation
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devops
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manufacturing
AI boom pushes UK data centres towards grid limits as operators warn of power, cooling and supply chain strains.
Understanding the value of virtual power plants as grid resources
Last month
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cartech
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power / energy
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ai
Virtual power plants are emerging as cheaper, flexible grid allies, turning homes, EVs and batteries into a fast-growing virtual energy network.
Australian businesses ramp up spending on energy shift
Tue, 24th Feb 2026
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manufacturing
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data analytics
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power / energy
Australian firms plan to lift energy-transition capex as tech, AI and renewables drive momentum, but green skills shortages loom.
Data centres' power demand to more than double by 2030
Tue, 18th Nov 2025
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hyperscale
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dc
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power / energy
Global electricity demand from data centres is set to more than double by 2030, driven largely by AI-optimised servers doubling their power use share.
MetaComp completes first cross-border payment using carbon stablecoin
Fri, 15th Aug 2025
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fintech
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clean technologies
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sustainability
MetaComp has completed the first cross-border payment using its CNT Carbon Stablecoin, enabling same-day EUR to CNH settlement with embedded carbon credits.
New Zealand leads in energy transition but faces skills gap
Thu, 24th Jul 2025
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hyperscale
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dc
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ai
New Zealand leads Asia-Pacific in energy transition investment, with 77% of firms committing over 10% of capital to renewables, yet faces a skills shortage.
Amazon hits 100% renewable energy target seven years early
Mon, 12th Aug 2024
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hyperscale
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power / energy
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genai
Amazon surpasses its 2030 goal, hitting 100% renewable energy for operations in 2023. This milestone is a major leap towards its net-zero carbon commitment by 2040.
Verne Global introduces groundbreaking liquid cooling at Finnish data centre
Tue, 5th Dec 2023
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network infrastructure
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power / energy
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ai
Verne Global debuts direct liquid cooling technology at its Finnish data centre, enhancing its sustainability pledge.
OpenADR Alliance unveils OpenADR 3.0 at ENLIT Europe event
Wed, 29th Nov 2023
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power / energy
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clean technologies
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customers
OpenADR Alliance announces OpenADR 3.0 standard for managing growing range of distributed energy resources at ENLIT Europe.
Virtual Power Plant market forecast to hit USD $1.10 billion by 2030
Tue, 7th Nov 2023
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data analytics
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bi
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big data
Virtual Power Plant market set to reach £1.10bn by 2030, driven by renewable energy integration and demand response initiatives, says Adroit Market Research.
Video: 10 Minute IT Jams - Vertiv drives edge and sustainability for the data centre
Thu, 10th Mar 2022
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edutech
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datacentre infrastructure
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digital transformation
Faraz Ali joins us today to discuss edge infrastructure and its application in industry, and Vertiv's role in gaming and sustainability in the data centre.
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Akamai's Texas data centers soon to be powered by wind
Tue, 7th May 2019
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hyperscale
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dc
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power / energy
Akamai's Texas data centres will soon be powered by the Seymour Hills Wind Farm, delivering 8MW of renewable energy, part of a push for 50% renewables by 2020.
Data centre titans blazing green energy trail – AWS under fire
Thu, 28th Mar 2019
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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supply chain
Data from Cloudscene has revealed tech giants like Google and Apple are setting a precedent in renewable energy, but AWS has come under fire.
Fujitsu providing servers for data centre inside a wind turbine
Thu, 8th Nov 2018
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datacentre infrastructure
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hyperscale
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dc
WestfalenWIND IT has implanted a data center inside a wind turbine, bringing the energy source directly to the data center.
Scandinavia dominating wind market for big data centre operators
Thu, 12th Jul 2018
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hyperscale
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dc
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power / energy
Renewable energy is a hot topic among data centre circles, and Scandinavia has seized the opportunity to make the most of it.
Renewable's rise: Report reveals countries with most wind power
Tue, 27th Mar 2018
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power / energy
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clean technologies
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sustainability
2017 saw installed wind energy capacity surging around the world with huge investment - nations experienced up to 50 percent growth.
Microsoft buys all power from Irish wind farm for 15 years to power cloud
Tue, 10th Oct 2017
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datacentre infrastructure
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power / energy
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clean technologies
Microsoft is buying every single kilowatt of energy that is produced from GE's new 37 megawatt wind farm in Ireland to support growing cloud demand.