data centers
Google secures 50 MW of nuclear power for data centers
19 August 2025 - Nuclear facility Hermes 2, set to go online in 2030, will feed electricity to the grid that supplies Google's data centers in Tennessee and Alabama.
EU preparing roadmap on digitalization, AI in energy
19 August 2025 - The European Commission has launched a public consultation on a roadmap for digitalization and AI in the energy sector.
Greek coal region of Megalopolis opens new chapter after lignite
08 August 2025 - Megalopolis, in the Peloponnese peninsula, is one of Greece's two coal regions, along with Western Macedonia
Satellite dishes get new life, hosting solar panels for data center
26 June 2025 - A Swiss firm converted its unused satellite dishes into solar dishes to power its data center, using SolarEdge-s inverters and optimizers.
Italy mulls keeping its last coal plants on standby
21 April 2025 - Italy may switch its remaining coal plants on the mainland to a standby mode this year instead of dismantling them
Ember: Warming’s 2024 share of global power demand rise was covered with fossil fuels
09 April 2025 - Renewables and nuclear energy met 79,1% of 2024 global power demand growth. The fossil fuels share was bigger than the part attributed to the annual rise in temperatures.
PPC plans EUR 5.8 billion makeover of Western Macedonia coal region, including data centers
03 April 2025 - PPC presented a EUR 5.8 billion investment plan for the coal region of Western Macedonia in northern Greece
Greek PPC unveils EUR 5 billion plan for data centers
27 March 2025 - Greece's Public Power Corp. (PPC) aims to become a major player in the rising data center and artificial intelligence market
IEA’s Global Energy Review: Electricity use is growing rapidly, driven by heatwaves, electrification, data centers, AI
25 March 2025 - Global energy demand grew at a faster-than-average pace in 2024, according to the IEA’s Global Energy Review
Masdar to supply Eni with electricity from Albania through planned undersea interconnection
25 February 2025 - Masdar and Taqa Transmission intend to deliver power to Eni from future power plants of 3 GW in total in Albania, through a subsea cable
Data centers threaten to derail Europe’s energy transition
13 February 2025 - The expansion of data centers in the EU and UK can strongly increase emissions if they rely even partly on fossil fuels, a new report shows