Anthropic Signs SpaceX Colossus 1 Data Center to Boost Capacity
Anthropic announced a deal with SpaceX to lease the entire compute capacity of the Colossus 1 data center, which has expanded to 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs. The agreement follows recent Claude Opus service disruptions caused by insufficient capacity, prompting Anthropic to secure additional resources. By tapping SpaceX’s infrastructure, Anthropic lifted API rate limits and restored performance for users. The data center, originally built on H100‑generation GPUs, demonstrates that even previous‑generation hardware can support frontier AI workloads at scale.
A Data Center Drained 30M Gallons of Water Unnoticed — Until Residents Complained About Low Water Pressure
A QTS data‑center campus in Fayetteville, Georgia siphoned nearly 29 million gallons of water without billing, prompting a $147,474 retroactive charge after residents complained of low pressure. The county utility missed two industrial hookups because of a procedural mix‑up during its...
Contact Between 2D and 3D Perovskites Reshapes Crystal Order, Lifting Efficiency to 26.25%
Researchers at Korea University, University of Toledo and Seoul National University introduced a contact‑induced crystallization (CCI) technique that merges 2D wide‑bandgap and 3D halide perovskite layers. By applying heat after the layers touch, the 3D FAPbI₃ film attains near‑ideal lattice...
How to Take Control of the AI Data Center Boom and Built It Into Your Own Home in the Future
Home‑based micro data centers are emerging as a niche solution to the AI compute surge, with builders like PulteGroup partnering with Nvidia and Span to install fractional nodes on new houses. Proponents cite land savings, energy‑efficiency and waste‑heat reuse, while...
AI Data Center Bans Rapidly Spread Across US as Communities Resist New Mega Facilities
AI data‑center bans are accelerating across the United States, with 78 active bans, moratoriums, or pending measures recorded by May 2026. Communities cite soaring electricity costs—up 267% over five years—water strain, and limited long‑term job creation as reasons to curb hyperscale...
Bihar Govt to Roll Out EV Charging Network Across Highways
The Bihar government will install electric vehicle charging stations along national and state highways at dhabas, hotels, motels and petrol pumps. Transport secretary Raj Kumar met with auto, petroleum and OEM representatives to set technical standards and operational guidelines. The...
New Technique Radically Boosts Biogas Yields From Sewage Sludge
Washington State University researchers unveiled the Advanced Pretreatment and Anaerobic Digestion (APAD) system, which triples biogas yields from sewage sludge and slashes disposal costs by nearly half. The two‑stage process combines high‑temperature wet oxidation with a novel methanogenic bacterium, Methanothermobacter...
Navrattan Cement to Invest ₹250 Cr to Set up Green Cement Manufacturing Plant in Punjab
Navrattan Cement Industries LLP, a Navrattan Group subsidiary, announced a ₹250 crore (≈$30 million) investment to build a green‑cement manufacturing plant in Rai Majra, Rajpura, Punjab. The facility will employ advanced low‑carbon technologies aimed at cutting emissions and boosting energy efficiency versus conventional...
JUSNL Move to Curb Power Cuts in 7 Districts
Jharkhand Urja Sancharan Nigam Ltd (JUSNL) has commissioned a 220 kV Govindpur‑Dumka single‑circuit line‑in‑line‑out (LILO) at the North Karanpura Transmission Ltd (NKTL) substation, unlocking up to 450 MW of power for the state. The line currently supplies about 103 MW to Dumka and...
Sungrow Expert Christos Tsegkis: “The Combination of PV, Storage, and Charging Is Highly Attractive”
Sungrow, a Chinese power‑electronics pioneer, is leveraging its Munich hub to roll out a full suite of EV‑charging solutions across Europe. Its portfolio now spans AC wallboxes from 22 kW to 3.5 MW, DC chargers up to 480 kW, and the ultra‑fast ChargeStack 1000...
Grid Operators May Reduce Renewables Penetration if Data Center Growth Continues Unchecked, Says ENTSO-E
The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO‑E) warned that unchecked data‑center growth could compel grid operators to limit renewable energy penetration across Europe. In an 8 May report, ENTSO‑E highlighted the flexibility potential of data centres but stressed...
First Bus Uses Electric Bus Depots to Support the Grid
First Bus has launched the UK’s first smart‑charging trial for its electric‑bus fleet, beginning at a Glasgow depot and slated to expand to Great Yarmouth. Partnering with Optimo Energy, the trial uses a platform that synchronises charging with real‑time grid...
Argentina Sees Strong Growth in Solar Distributed Generation Amid Electricity Price Hikes
Argentina’s distributed generation (DG) market is booming, with over 4,000 user‑generators and 143 MW installed by March 2026, up sharply from just 67 in 2019. The surge is driven by recent electricity tariff hikes, historic lows in inverter and panel prices,...
Solar PV Accounted for 29% of Electricity Generation in Chile in March, with Instantaneous Peaks Reaching 75%
Chile’s solar photovoltaic output reached 2,141 GWh in March 2026, representing 28.7% of total electricity generation and hitting an instantaneous peak of 75.1% on March 14. Operational solar capacity stood at 11.9 GW, with another 2.8 GW under construction, while battery energy storage systems...
Spain Supports 4.2 GW / 8 GWh of Pumped-Hydro Storage with €165 Million
Spain will soon finalize a €670 million ($789 million) allocation under its Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, with €165 million earmarked for seven reversible pumped‑hydro storage projects. The Boralmac II program will add more than 4.2 GW of power capacity and over 8 GWh of storage...
U.S. Solar Panel Manufacturers Need to Learn to Solder
The Intertek CEA Global PV Manufacturing Quality Report 2026 reveals stark yield gaps between U.S. and Chinese solar panel factories, with some U.S. sites delivering as low as 30% yield versus near‑100% in mature Chinese plants. Soldering defects dominate the...
Sponsored: Can You Engineer Around Human Friction? Why ‘Social Interconnection’ Is the New Site Selection Priority
The data‑center boom is hitting a new bottleneck: community opposition, or the loss of a social license to operate. Developers now treat sentiment as a fourth engineering constraint alongside land, power and fiber, quantifying its impact on project lead‑times. By...
Bolivia Presents New Law to Boost Renewables, Private Investments
Bolivia’s Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Energy has submitted a draft Electricity and Renewable Energies Law for formal review, launching technical, legislative and public consultations. The proposal retains the state‑owned utility ENDE as system operator but places it in a competitive...
Home Batteries: A ‘Gamechanger’ for Cutting Energy Bills?
UK households are confronting a surge in energy bills as Middle‑East conflicts push wholesale prices higher, prompting a wave of green retrofits. Falling home‑battery costs—down 90% since 2010—are seen as the key lever to maximise savings from heat pumps, solar...
Energy Expo Highlights Solar Expansion, AI-Driven Energy Sys
The Uttar Pradesh Energy Expo 2026 showcased the state’s aggressive push to scale solar power and embed artificial‑intelligence‑driven energy management across its grid. Policymakers and industry leaders discussed utility‑scale solar parks, rooftop solar under the PM Surya Ghar Yojana, and agrivoltaic models linked...
REALLY Quick Charge with Range Energy Electric Trailer at ACT Expo 2026
Range Energy showcased its production‑ready electric semi‑truck trailer at the ACT Expo 2026. The battery‑powered eTrailer can cut fuel consumption by up to 70% and double as on‑demand grid storage. After a multi‑year winter testing program, the company validated performance...
China Donates 5,000 Solar PV Systems to Cuba Amid Energy Crisis
Cuba’s National Electric Union is installing 5,000 two‑kilowatt photovoltaic systems donated by China to alleviate a severe energy crisis. 2,671 units will power essential municipal facilities such as hospitals, banks and radio stations, while the remaining 2,329 will serve isolated...
Application of Dynamic Adjustment Strategy of Map Service Resources Combined with Reinforcement Learning in Power Supply Network Visualization
The paper introduces a dynamic map‑service resource adjustment framework that blends transformer‑based forecasting with reinforcement learning to manage modern power grids. By integrating the FEDformer model for demand prediction and an RL agent for real‑time resource allocation, the system can...
China’s Electric Concrete Mixer Boom Is A Warning To Slow Heavy Truck Markets
Battery‑electric ready‑mix concrete trucks have exploded in China, moving from under‑2% market share in 2021 to nearly 44% of new mixer sales in 2024 and projected 70% by 2025. In Q1 2026, 5,125 new‑energy mixers were sold, 99.5% of which were...
A Solution to Our Data Center Woes? Covering California’s Canals with Solar Panels Could Generate a Staggering 13GW of Clean...
A University of California study proposes covering 4,000 km of California canals with solar panels, which could generate about 13 GW of clean electricity and save roughly 63 billion gallons of water each year—enough for two million residents. The Nexus pilot on the Turlock...
How Renewable Energy Software Supports Greentech Development and Scalable Digital Solutions
Renewable‑energy software is transforming the sector from centralized plants to a network of distributed resources such as rooftop solar, home storage and wind farms. Real‑time IoT monitoring, predictive‑maintenance analytics and digital‑twin simulations keep assets running efficiently, while Virtual Power Plant...
How to Choose a Reliable Solar Inverter in Australia
Australia now hosts over four million rooftop solar systems, with 300,000 new installations added in 2024, cementing solar as a mainstream energy source. The surge in installations has multiplied the variety of solar inverters, making compliance with Australian standards—particularly AS/NZS 4777.2:2020 Amd 2:2024—a...
Supermicro’s New AI Campus Embodies the Industrialization of AI Infrastructure
Supermicro unveiled a 714,000‑square‑foot AI Campus near its San Jose headquarters, the company’s largest U.S. site covering 32.8 acres. Branded as a Data Center Building Block Solutions (DCBBS) hub, the campus combines design, domestic manufacturing, testing, service and global distribution...
Balcony Solar Bill Dies in Illinois After Union Voices Opposition
Illinois lawmakers abandoned Senate Bill 3104, which would have cleared the way for plug‑in balcony solar panels, after a union‑driven amendment raised safety concerns. The amendment would ban all such panels until the National Electrical Code updates, a change not...
Drone Test Destroys Historic Solar Plane Solar Impulse 2
On May 4 2026 the Solar Impulse 2, repurposed as an autonomous solar‑drone by Skydweller Aero, crashed into the Gulf of Mexico after a sudden loss of power during a routine test from Stennis International Airport, completely destroying the historic carbon‑fibre airframe. The accident...
Key West And A Sustainability Plan That Could Make The Federal Government Growl
Key West received DOE technical assistance in 2025, leading NREL to draft a Strategic Energy Plan focused on energy efficiency, local renewable generation, resilience, and electric transportation. However, Florida’s new HB 1217 law prohibits any municipal policy that references “net‑zero,” effectively...
It’s Time for Alaska to Reconsider the Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project
The Susitna‑Watana hydroelectric project proposes a 2,800‑MW dam on Alaska’s Susitna River, potentially supplying about one‑third of the state’s electricity and reducing diesel reliance. Estimated construction costs exceed $5 billion, creating financing hurdles and prompting scrutiny from regulators and investors. Environmental...
Interview: Unison Energy CEO on Data Centers Turning to On-Site Power
Unison Energy, backed by Tiger Infrastructure Partners, is expanding on‑site power solutions for AI‑driven data centers using natural‑gas combined heat and power (CHP) and microgrids. The company appointed Mariko McDonagh Meier as CEO, highlighting speed, reliability and cost as key client drivers....
New Generation Tanks Launches HyDDIM Project to Democratize H2 Distribution
New Generation Tanks (NGT), a Swiss firm specializing in recyclable thermoplastic composite (TPC) pressure vessels, has launched the HyDDIM project with Spanish startup Hydros Power under the Eurostars program. The initiative develops interchangeable hydrogen capsules—15‑liter, 350‑bar cartridges that store about...
Oracle Reworks AI Data Center Power Amid New Mexico Backlash
Oracle has abandoned its planned natural‑gas turbine plant for the Project Jupiter AI data‑center campus in New Mexico, replacing it with on‑site fuel‑cell generation from Bloom Energy. The new microgrid will produce roughly 2.5‑2.8 GW, ranking among the largest fuel‑cell deployments...
AI’s Power Needs Will Destroy the Renewable Energy Revolution
Solar power has reached cost parity and now accounts for 92.5% of new electricity generation worldwide, fulfilling the long‑predicted solar singularity. However, AI‑driven data centers are consuming electricity at a rate that could double by 2028, with AI projected to...
Duos Edge AI Opens 450kW Facility in Corpus Christi, Texas
Duos Edge AI has opened a 450 kW edge data center in Corpus Christi, Texas, housed in a 55‑ft × 13‑ft pod with 15 cabinets. The facility is positioned to serve education, healthcare, and business workloads that require low‑latency processing. It follows Duos’...
Developers File Application for $1.6bn Data Center in Cleveland, Ohio
Lakeland Equity Group, a private‑credit firm, filed a permit for a $1.6 billion, 150‑megawatt data‑center campus on a 35‑acre site in Cleveland. The project would comprise three two‑story buildings covering roughly 300,000 sq ft and employ closed‑loop cooling to eliminate emissions and truck...
Union Maritime Takes Delivery of Its Third WindWings Tanker
Union Maritime has taken delivery of its third LR2 tanker, *Monza*, fitted with two BAR Technologies WindWings, marking the world’s first series of dual‑fuel LNG vessels that also use rigid wind‑propulsion. Built by Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in China, the ship joins...
Algeria and Oman Gov'ts Partner to Establish Data Centers
Algeria and Oman have agreed to cooperate on building data centers and launching AI and digital‑government projects. The deal was sealed during Omani Minister Said bin Hamoud Al Maawali's visit to Algeria, where broader transport and IT agreements were also signed....
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Revamp Gas Turbine Production Process to Meet Growing Demand From AI Data Center Sector
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced the Innovative Total Optimization project to overhaul its gas‑turbine production at the Takasago Machinery Works. By reviewing more than 1,000 processes, the company aims to lift output by roughly 30% while trimming changeover time. Orders...
Europe Is Losing the Energy-Security Battle to China
Europe’s energy‑security advantage is shifting from fossil‑fuel access to low‑cost, domestically produced electricity, a transition where China now leads. Since the Iran war, the EU has spent an extra $28 billion on fossil imports while China’s electricity accounts for roughly 30%...
California's Battery Array as Powerful as 12 Nuclear Plants
California’s grid discharged just over 12,000 MW from battery storage, matching the output of twelve large nuclear plants. The discharge covered more than 40% of the state’s electricity demand during a peak evening period in late March. This is the first...
Stockland Files to Develop 250MW Data Center Campus in Melbourne, Australia
Australian property giant Stockland has applied for a planning permit to build a 250 MW data‑center campus on a 20,000 sqm former warehouse site at 72‑76 Cherry Lane in Laverton, Melbourne. The land was bought from Toll Transport in 2025 for AU$35.5 million...
Colorado Approves Balcony Solar, Requires Utilities to Accept Meter Collars
Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed HB‑26‑1007, legalizing plug‑in balcony solar and setting safety standards for the devices. The law also mandates that utilities and homeowners' associations cannot unreasonably block these systems and requires the Public Utilities Commission to adopt rules...
Interconnection Delays Push Texas Data Center Behind the Meter
Industrial developer BaRupOn bought 700 acres in Liberty County, Texas, to build a chemical plant, but $35 million interconnection fees and utility delays until 2029 forced a pivot to behind‑the‑meter power and an AI‑focused data center. The company secured permits for...
How AI Is Helping Legacy HVAC Systems Meet New York City’s Emissions Standards
Entech is retrofitting legacy HVAC systems with AI‑driven sensors and control software to help New York City buildings meet Local Law 97’s emissions mandates. Early adopters have already saved about $42 million and cut carbon output by roughly 137,000 tons, averaging a 22%...
Premium PV Module Prices Rise in Europe Despite Softer April Demand
European premium solar‑module prices kept climbing in April despite a dip in the PV Purchasing Managers’ Index, which fell to 66 from 68, signalling slower demand growth. TOPCon bifacial and monofacial modules rose 9% and 6% respectively, reaching €0.117/Wp ($0.13)...
Why Procurement Has Become a Grid Reliability Issue: ULE
Utilities are increasingly seeing equipment lead times—especially for medium‑voltage gear and transformers—turn into a critical reliability bottleneck. Projects that have completed design often stall when key components arrive late, forcing crews to wait and budgets to swell. The industry is...
How to Unlock Building Value with Strategic Decarbonization
The article outlines how commercial property owners can boost asset value by embedding strategic decarbonization into capital‑planning cycles. LEED‑certified buildings now command 3‑4% higher rents and deliver roughly 5% better total returns, while tenant surveys show 70% will penalize non‑sustainable...