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As AI use surges, tech companies race to secure clean energy and preserve climate goals

GeekWire

Helion Energy employees working on a component of its Polaris device, a seventh-generation fusion prototype that it expects to produce electricity. Projections for future energy needs for data centers are startling. For now, energy sources such as coal and natural gas are being tapped to feed data center electricity needs.

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LevelTen, which helps facilitate clean energy deals, adds $10M to Series C round

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GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Seattle’s LevelTen Energy has raised $10 million to support its platform that facilitates the development of new clean energy projects. In August 2021 the company announced a $35 million Series C round led by NGP Energy Capital , with participation from Alphabet and others.

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New climate marketplace raises $6.1M to move clean energy cash into impactful projects

GeekWire

Ever.green is playing matchmaker between corporations that are spending money to reduce their carbon footprints and developers that need funding to build energy facilities. The investment will help Ever.green work toward its mission of getting clean energy plugged into the grid — and fast. million seed round. .

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Secure cloud fabric: Enhancing data management and AI development for the federal government

CIO Business Intelligence

In recent years, government agencies have increasingly turned to cloud computing to manage vast amounts of data and streamline operations. While cloud technology has many benefits, it also poses security risks, especially when it comes to protecting sensitive information. This all allows for true cloud portability,” Anderson said.

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My sustainability story: Telenor looks to renewable energy and network efficiency

TM Forum

Whereas in Europe Telenor is increasingly able to source renewable energy directly from wind and solar energy producers, in Asia it is having to take a different approach. One approach to renewable energy is to “source energy attribute certificates in the form of guarantees of origin. scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions.

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Google partners with Seattle startup to streamline clean energy deals, aiming to create new standard

GeekWire

(GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Slashing carbon emissions requires the rapid deployment of solar, wind and other renewable energy supplies. But the projects often require complicated, lengthy negotiations between clean energy developers and buyers to get them off the ground.

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Swiss energy services company uses machine learning to see the future

CIO Business Intelligence

Swiss energy services company IWB has a vision of a world with a fully renewable, climate-friendly energy supply. That changed in 2017 when Swiss voters approved an energy act that would reduce the country’s dependency on fossil fuels by 2050. If you want to look into the future, sometimes you have to be able to predict it.

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