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AI already uses as much energy as a small country. It’s only the beginning.

Vox

Paige Vickers/Vox; Getty Images The energy needed to support data storage is expected to double by 2026. In January, the International Energy Agency (IEA) issued its forecast for global energy use over the next two years. None of these trade-offs is as important as in energy. You can do something to stop it.

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

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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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Telia deal marks drive for energy sector digitalization

TM Forum

But as renewable electricity becomes increasingly central to countries’ energy security, particularly in Europe, energy network digitization is once again an important focus for the industry. in the energy sector. in the energy sector. the Telia press release. smart grids. digitalization. smart grids.

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Microsoft, Google, others partner with LevelTen to create first marketplace for 24/7 clean energy

GeekWire

Large energy storage units like these batteries from ESS can provide energy during times when solar and wind power are not available. A new partnership called the Granular Certificate Trading Alliance is creating a marketplace to support the deployment of 24/7 energy sources.

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Mobile operators need more reliable access to renewable energy

TM Forum

GSMA analysis shows that mobile operators are making progress in using renewable energy but says more effort must be made to increase supplies if they are to meet net zero carbon emission goals by 2050. Renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, is an important part of operators’ carbon emission reduction strategies.

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Pacific Northwest National Lab gets green light to design and build a $75M grid storage facility

GeekWire

This is an early, conceptual rendering of what the Grid Storage Launchpad facility could look like on the PNNL campus in Richland, Wash. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) will begin designing and building a $75 million facility in Eastern Washington that will help develop massive batteries for grid energy storage.

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Zeno Power partners with U.S. Department of Energy to recycle radioactive material

GeekWire

Department of Energy. The transfer of the material from Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee benefits Zeno as well as the Department of Energy: Zeno — which has offices in Seattle and Washington, D.C. The BUP-500 generator was never deployed, but sat in storage for nearly 40 years. Now it will be recycled instead.

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