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Blackstone to invest $13.3B in AI data center in the UK

Network World

billion (£10 billion) to build one of Europe’s largest AI data centers in Northumberland, UK, the British Prime Minister’s office said in a statement. The project is expected to enhance the UK’s AI infrastructure, catering to the vast data storage demands of AI technologies. US private equity giant Blackstone is investing $13.3

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Pledge then plan: Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says path to carbon net zero is evolving

GeekWire

(Amazon Photo) Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sat down Thursday with Kara Hurst, the company’s chief sustainability officer, to discuss the cloud, retail and entertainment giant’s efforts to meet a pledge of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2040.

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ODC-Noord: The Netherland’s northernmost government data center is committed to a zero carbon future

CIO Business Intelligence

One of four government data centers in the Netherlands, Overheidsdatacenter Noord (ODC-Noord), the northernmost facility of its kind in The Netherlands, is located in the picturesque city of Groningen. The migration to software-defined data centers was an important step in the right direction, but it’s just the beginning.

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Seattle-area climate consulting and analytics startup Earth Finance acquires water-focused firm

GeekWire

“Water scarcity is no longer just an environmental issue; it’s a critical economic concern that impacts global supply chains, transportation, and energy production,” Earth Finance CEO Garrett Kephart said in a statement. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Reaching those goals, however, will be difficult.

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Building sustainability at the edge of the enterprise

CIO Business Intelligence

The decision to analyze data in a location that’s far removed from where it’s generated must take into account the cost of transporting data to the remote location, as well as capacity considerations for both the transport network and the data center or cloud that will process the data.

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Microsoft and Helion want to build the world’s first fusion plant and seize energy’s ‘Holy Grail’

GeekWire

Microsoft needs clean electricity to fuel the operations of its more than 200 energy-hungry data centers internationally. “If commercial fusion energy becomes available by the end of this decade, it could ease all the various possible pathways to [carbon] net-zero by 2050.” The reactor in Everett, Wash.,

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Amazon renewable power leader on AI’s energy strain, a political dust-up in Oregon, and more

GeekWire

As the retail, cloud and entertainment giant strives to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2040, most of its carbon cuts so far have come from its shift to renewables. You faced criticism in Oregon with your plans to use natural gas fuel cells to power your data centers and plans to build natural gas pipelines to carry the fuel.

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