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WA passes climate goals for crypto and data centers while OR’s effort fails

Proposals in Oregon and Washington to regulate carbon emissions tied to crypto mining and data centers took opposite paths during the 2023 legislative session.

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Heat from an Amazon data center is warming Dublin's buildings

Cities are capturing heat emitted by computer servers and using it to warm everything from government buildings to college dorms.
In a small Dutch town, a fight with Meta over a massive data center

In a small Dutch town, a fight with Meta over a massive data center

The faceoff over Meta's planned data center in the Netherlands highlights the emerging fight over how to sustain cloud computing and data streaming while protecting the environment, even if these centers use renewable energy.
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Microsoft’s pursuit of climate goals runs into headwinds

Microsoft has an ambitious plan to cut its carbon emissions. But on Thursday, the company reported a big increase in the greenhouse gases emanating from its operations and its products, a reminder of the challenges that companies face as they try to clean up their businesses.

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Cloud computing is not the energy hog that had been feared
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Cloud computing is not the energy hog that had been feared

The digital services churned out by the world’s computer centers are multiplying, but their energy use is not, thanks to cloud computing, a new study says.
Plans in motion to convert Cayuga Power Plant to data center
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Plans in motion to convert Cayuga Power Plant to data center

LANSING, N.Y. – The Cayuga Power Plant in Lansing will end its coal operations and reopen as a data storage center if all goes according to company plans. At a Lansing Town Board meeting Wednesday,…
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A year after Trump’s Paris pullout, US companies are driving a renewables boom
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A year after Trump’s Paris pullout, US companies are driving a renewables boom

Dozens of Fortune 500 companies are voluntarily investing billions in wind and solar energy.
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