Power Struggle: Data Centre Energy Rules Spark Concerns

PM's data centre plan may hit roadblock as energy debate heats up

As two energy ministers oppose the prime minister's plan for national AI rules for data centres, the question over how to power the facilities intensifies.

Power struggle: data centre energy rules spark concerns

Future data centre proposals may need to come with renewable energy plans but not all governments or organisations agree with the change.

Australia’s world-first data centre rules hit their first snag: the power isn’t there yet

Australia has told its data centres to put more power into the grid than they pull out, an obligation no other country has tried to write into law. The demand is barely a fortnight old, and it has already met the most basic of objections: the electricity the industry is meant to supply cannot be […] This story continues at The Next Web

Mocean Energy raises £5m to put AI data centres out to sea

Mocean Energy, the Edinburgh-based wave energy company, is raising £5 million to develop a floating data centre powered by wave and solar energy, with a pilot targeted for 2028 and full deployment from 2030. The system, called Blue Core, houses racks of servers in a floating unit connected by satellite. The modular units can be joined together to form server farms, with North Sea water temperatures reducing the power needed to cool the processor…

Australian data centre curbs hit a wall

Australia’s push for national data centre regulation stalled after two states refused to back the plan, putting a wrench in the unanimous state support the government needs to proceed with the legislation. After ministers met today (28 July) for the Energy and Climate Change Ministerial Council (ECMC), the northern states of Queensland and the Northern Territory opposed nearly every element of the framework proposed by the federal government to …