Google plans to invest $15 billion to set up a major AI and cloud data center in Visakhapatnam, in what will be the company’s largest project in India so far. The site will form the backbone of Google’s expanding digital infrastructure across South Asia. The project, expected to roll out over the next five years, … Continue reading “Google to Build $15B AI Data Center in India’s Visakhapatnam – iShook Finance”
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Tesla is going to build a new Megafactory in Texas near Houston, according to a tax abatement agreement with Waller County. At the time of writing, Tesla had yet to comment on the new project, but the Waller County Commissioners Court confirmed the project on Wednesday when they approved a tax abatement deal with the company: Under … Continue reading “Tesla to build a new Megafactory in Texas near Houston”
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Mega-utility Duke Energy is about to knock down a coal plant that has run west of Charlotte, North Carolina, since 1957. Soon the company will build its largest grid battery on that spot, part of an unprecedented energy-storage construction spree. The Allen Steam Station used to generate 1,155 megawatts of coal-fired electricity. But four of its five … Continue reading “Duke Energy to knock down coal plant and build its biggest battery yet”
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Still, Kwon said the federal awards could help to lay the foundation for statewide Buy Clean efforts in a few important ways. Public agencies need to start compiling emissions and environmental data on the companies and facilities that provide construction materials. States also need to work closely with contractors and local companies to share information on … Continue reading “States get $1.2B to build roads, highways with low-carbon materials”
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The Maine installation marks the first time that Form has chosen to develop its own project instead of contracting with a utility customer, and not coincidentally, it’s the most ambitious so far. “This is a very natural next step in terms of scaling up and deployments,” Jaramillo said, adding that it’s actually not a huge outlier compared with other … Continue reading “Form Energy set to build world’s biggest battery in Maine”
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Tesla has unveiled a render of its upcoming ‘Semi Factory’ to build electric semi trucks next to Gigafactory Texas in Nevada. The Tesla Semi program has seen some significant delays – even since it has officially entered production. It was first unveiled in 2017, and it was supposed to come to market in 2020, but … Continue reading “Tesla unveils render of upcoming Semi Factory to build electric trucks”
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Donald Trump hates electric cars—particularly Chinese electric cars—but his administration’s sanctions against China’s Xiaomi in early 2021 sparked the company’s decision to build an EV, CEO Lei Jun told Reuters at a company event Friday. Best known for its smartphones, Xiaomi launched its first EV earlier this year. It’s the product of a move Lei … Continue reading “Report: Trump sanctions sparked Chinese smartphone maker to build EVs”
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Photo: First Solar The US’s largest solar panel maker, First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR), says it’s building the largest thin film R&D center in the Western Hemisphere. First Solar will site its new R&D center, the Jim Nolan Center for Solar Innovation, in Lake Township, Ohio. The 1.3 million-square-foot facility will include a pilot manufacturing line … Continue reading “First Solar to build the Western Hemisphere’s largest solar R&D center”
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The argument in favor of building new data centers closer to locations primed for low-cost solar and wind power development is becoming more appealing, Kimber said. The same goes for as-yet-nascent industries such as green hydrogen and direct air capture, which will require enormous amounts of carbon-free energy to serve their goals of replacing fossil … Continue reading “Intersect Power to build $837M worth of grid batteries in Texas”