Southeast Asia has 306 data centres running and 173 more in the pipeline, according to figures published on Tuesday. The capacity being planned is nearly four times what is already operating. Southeast Asia data centre investment will rise from $15.72b…
Texas governor Greg Abbott says data centre companies brought the backlash on themselves. “They basically dug their own grave for the problem that’s been caused for them,” he told ABC’s Jonathan Karl on Sunday. “And that’s why they got the backlash the…
SpaceX is hiring a natural gas trader. The company wants someone to build and lead a trading team for its own fuel and power needs, according to Bloomberg. Julian Hast, who covers US gas markets from Houston, spotted the job on Friday. The role “focuse…
Walmart has opened its 100th EV fast-charging station, at a Supercenter in Monument, Colorado, and now operates in 20 states after having none less than two years ago. The 400kW chargers come exclusively from ABB and the Italian manufacturer Alpitronic…
Australian data centres will take 13% of the country’s main electricity market by 2035-36, up from 3% today. That is almost a sevenfold rise in a decade, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator. Keira Wright reported the forecast for Bloombe…
Inner Mongolia signed 12 green computing projects worth 186.46 billion yuan on Saturday, about $27.49bn. It also broke ground on a platform to sell Chinese AI services abroad. The state news agency Xinhua reported both from Hohhot, the regional capital…
Nvidia took a minority stake in Cloverleaf Infrastructure on Friday. Cloverleaf secures land and electricity for data centres. It is the third company of that kind Nvidia has bought into in quick succession, according to The Information. Neither compan…
An adaptation blueprint for embedding climate adaptation into major soccer tournament infrastructure has been launched by the non-profit Football for Future.
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at how DOGE broke America’s weather machine and using AI to create new materials for green hydrogen and batteries
The U.S. just approved a bid to mine the Pacific seafloor for EV battery metals—bypassing the UN’s ocean authority and triggering global backlash.