Category: AI
As global demand for data infrastructure accelerates, Meta Platforms is expanding its water restoration program to address growing pressure on local resources. The company now supports more than 60 projects...
Mississippi Pilot Targets Water-Intensive Data Centers Amazon and Veolia are advancing a new model for data center sustainability, combining water reuse infrastructure with artificial intelligence to cut freshwater demand at...
Google has started building a new data center in Upper Austria. The project responds directly to rising demand for AI computing and cloud services across Europe. The facility will support...
Meta has signed a major energy storage agreement with Noon Energy, securing up to 1 GW and 100 GWh of ultra-long duration energy storage capacity to support its next generation...
EcoVadis is expanding its artificial intelligence capabilities through a new partnership with Google Cloud, positioning agentic AI at the center of its global sustainability ratings and supply chain intelligence platform....
At WindEurope in Madrid, Hitachi Energy introduced EcoSpace, a digital sustainability platform designed to quantify and visualize the environmental footprint of power grid projects. The launch reflects growing pressure on...
Watershed has unveiled a suite of AI agents designed to transform how companies manage sustainability data, cutting processing times and enabling faster decarbonization decisions. The new tools automate complex, manual...
Major institutional investors are escalating pressure on Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google, demanding clearer disclosure on water consumption and energy use tied to rapidly expanding US data center infrastructure. The...
Emerald AI has secured $25 million in a strategic expansion round to address a critical barrier to scaling artificial intelligence: access to reliable energy. The funding arrives as the U.S....
Arbor Energy has signed a long term agreement with GridMarket to supply up to 5 gigawatts of zero emission baseload power, positioning the partnership at the center of a rapidly...
SLB is expanding its collaboration with Nvidia to build dedicated artificial intelligence infrastructure for the global energy sector, marking a strategic shift toward data-driven operations at scale. The agreement extends...
Germany is preparing a major expansion of its digital backbone, aiming to double domestic data centre capacity and increase artificial intelligence processing power at least fourfold by the end of...
ESG analytics platform ESG.ai has entered into a strategic partnership with climate data infrastructure firm Rho Impact to enhance climate investment intelligence for European companies, banks, and asset managers. The collaboration integrates Rho Impact’s Koi...
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into corporate operations and investment strategies, the collapse of Builder.ai offers a cautionary lesson for investors and business leaders alike. In the frothy years of artificial-intelligence...
CDP, the global non-profit behind the world’s largest independent environmental disclosure platform, has partnered with Google.org to develop an artificial intelligence tool designed to help cities, states, and regional governments...
A German technology start-up is moving to expand Europe’s control over artificial intelligence infrastructure with plans to build a major new data centre that could double the country’s domestically operated...
Schroders Greencoat is moving deeper into the intersection of clean energy and digital infrastructure, launching a dedicated platform designed to support the surging power demands of artificial intelligence and hyperscale...
MN8 Energy has signed a long term power purchase agreement with Meta for the full output of its 80 megawatt Walker Solar Project, marking the first agreement between the two...
Google.org is launching a $30 million Impact Challenge focused on AI for Science, aimed at accelerating breakthroughs in human health and climate systems. The global open call seeks to equip...
• $100 billion direct investment to build renewable powered hyperscale AI data centres by 2035• Expected to catalyse an additional $150 billion across manufacturing, cloud services and digital infrastructure• Integrated...
UK-based sustainability data platform Dcycle has announced the acquisition of Munich-based AI company ESG-X, a move that materially strengthens Dcycle’s position in the European ESG software landscape and marks its...
Meta has unveiled a sweeping set of nuclear energy agreements aimed at powering the next wave of artificial intelligence infrastructure, committing to partnerships that extend the life of existing reactors...
As power demand from AI and electrification accelerates, UK-based energy infrastructure company Tem has raised $75 million in a Series B round to modernise how electricity is bought and sold....
OVO has entered a strategic collaboration with Google Cloud to embed artificial intelligence across customer energy management, customer service and vulnerability support systems, marking a shift in how retail energy...
Europe’s push toward decentralized energy gained fresh momentum as Cloover secured $22 million in Series A equity and a $1.2 billion debt facility to expand its AI-driven operating system for...
Paris Confronts AI’s Environmental Paradox At the Adopt AI Summit in late November, UNESCO used a packed mainstage session to press governments, companies, and UN bodies to confront the growing...
Rio Tinto and Amazon Web Services have begun a bilateral collaboration that connects industrial mining innovation to the expanding needs of U.S. data centres for critical minerals produced with lower...
Decarbonization Enters Its Decisive Operating Phase Across factories, grids, and process plants, the pressure on heavy industry is intensifying. Steel, cement, chemicals, oil and gas, aviation, shipping, and trucking sit...
• Alphabet will acquire Intersect for $4.75 billion in cash plus assumed debt, securing long-term clean power capacity for AI driven data centre growth across the US.• Intersect controls a...
• Microsoft and Iberdrola have signed two long term wind PPAs in Spain covering 150 MW, extending a transatlantic clean power portfolio to around 500 MW.• The deal links renewable...
• Nearly 60% of global investors are using or planning to use AI in sustainability and investment analysis, with trust now the primary barrier to scale• 89% expect regulatory divergence...
• Global datacenter electricity demand could exceed 2,200 TWh by 2030, straining grids and testing corporate sustainability commitments.• China’s policy shifts drive the first year-on-year decline in global solar additions,...
Abu Dhabi Finance Week 2025 opened today on Al Maryah Island with a clear message: the next phase of global finance will be defined by AI, energy, and a fast-evolving...
• Diginex signs MOU to acquire Plan A, combining carbon accounting, ESG data management and supply chain transparency into a single AI-driven product suite.• Pro forma growth acceleration expected from...
• Deep.Meta’s AI driven simulations achieved close to a 10 percent emissions reduction at Spartan UK, the country’s only steel plate producer.• The company is developing its Deep.Optimiser PhyX system...
• Equinix signs Letter of Intent for up to 250 MWe of next-generation nuclear power from ULC-Energy’s Rolls-Royce SMR deployment.• Agreement forms part of a global strategy to secure reliable...
• New $50 million raise pushes Exowatt’s total funding to $140 million as U.S. data-center electricity needs surge• Modular, dispatchable solar system targets firm, near-load power to reduce pressure on...
• Surging AI-driven energy use from major tech firms has pushed demand for durable carbon-removal credits to levels that outstrip supply.• High-quality removals are now almost four times more expensive...
Malawi Debuts World’s First AI-Enabled Paris Agreement Integrated Platform at COP30 The First-of-Its-Kind Environmental Treasury Puts Artificial Intelligence at the Center of this Year’s Climate Talks Belém, Brazil/India/Singapore, 15 November...
• New AI assistant built on Azure AI Foundry will give agronomists instant access to 20 years of detailed crop data.• Partnership aims to cut production costs and stabilize yields...
• Meta commits more than $1 billion to a new AI-optimized data center in Wisconsin, alongside nearly $200 million in regional energy infrastructure upgrades.• The project includes a $15 million...
• A2A raises total investments for 2024–2035 to €23 billion (US $27 billion), with €16 billion for the energy transition and €7 billion for the circular economy.• The plan forecasts...
• 15-year renewable power agreement will supply 1.5 TWh from TotalEnergies’ Montpelier solar farm in Ohio.• Google secures certified clean electricity for its U.S. data centers, aligned with its 24/7...
Building America’s AI Infrastructure From Menlo Park to the Midwest, Meta is building the backbone of its artificial intelligence ambitions through a network of advanced data centers. These facilities, crucial...
Abu Dhabi leads new AI-energy integration push Abu Dhabi has launched a major cross-sector initiative linking energy and technology at unprecedented scale. ADNOC announced a new alliance with Microsoft, Masdar,...
• Five nonprofit and public-sector partners selected to deploy AI, cloud, and quantum technologies across critical supply chains.• Projects span Canada, India, Kenya, Indonesia, Brazil, Mexico, and Saudi Arabia, addressing...
• 84% of energy CEOs are optimistic about mid-term growth, up from 72% in 2024.• 65% rank generative AI as a top investment priority, though cybersecurity and ethics pose adoption...
• 300 hectares on Jurong Island allocated for renewable energy and low-carbon fuels• Additional 20 hectares to host Singapore’s largest data centre park with 700 MW capacity• Part of Singapore’s...
This crucial panel, hosted at the Nest Climate Campus during Climate Week 2025, tackled one of the most pressing infrastructure challenges: how to sustainably power new AI data centers on...
This highly anticipated keynote, delivered at the Nest Climate Campus during Climate Week 2025, explores the critical intersection of climate change and Artificial Intelligence. Jeff Gitterman, a recognized leader in...
Tokyo’s Data Infrastructure Enters a New Phase STACK Infrastructure has secured ¥39.7 billion in green financing to develop its 36MW TKY01 campus in Inzai, Greater Tokyo, expanding Japan’s capacity to...
• Brookfield to invest up to $5 billion in Bloom Energy’s fuel cell technology to power global AI factories.• Partnership marks Brookfield’s first deal under its dedicated AI Infrastructure strategy.•...
• €5 billion investment through 2027 expands Google’s St. Ghislain data center and creates 300 new jobs.• 110 MW in new carbon-free energy deals with Eneco, Luminus, and Renner to...
• 69% of CEOs plan to allocate up to 20% of their budgets to AI in the next year.• 92% expect to expand headcount despite mounting global economic uncertainty.• CEO...
Paris Fundraise Backs Europe’s Climate and AI Ambitions European venture capital firm Serena has closed €200 million in commitments for its fourth flagship fund, drawing in a mix of long-term...
Oregon’s Data Center Demand Drives New Solar Build Amazon has signed a long-term power purchase agreement with Avangrid, the U.S. subsidiary of Iberdrola, to secure renewable electricity from a new...
Microsoft has signed a $6.2 billion agreement with AI hyperscaler Nscale and Norwegian industrial investment company Aker to secure AI computing capacity entirely powered by renewable energy. The deal, spanning...
Rolls-Royce’s Power Systems division, in partnership with Microsoft, has released a position paper making the case for Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as a low-carbon backup fuel for Singapore’s fast-growing data...
The world typed 365 billion prompts into ChatGPT last year alone. For perspective, Google needed more than a decade to hit that figure. Such scale sparks unease: are we pouring...
Latin America’s Data Infrastructure Gets a Green Boost ODATA, a subsidiary of Aligned Data Centers, has secured a $1.02 billion green financing package to build and expand sustainable data center...
ENGIE North America has signed an agreement with Prometheus Hyperscale to develop a new wave of sustainable, liquid-cooled data centers in Texas. The centers will be located at select ENGIE...
Socialsuite has announced a new integration with ServiceNow aimed at transforming how companies manage sustainability risks and compliance at scale. The collaboration combines ServiceNow’s enterprise ESG and risk management capabilities...
Aalo Atomics, the Austin-based startup developing fully modular nuclear plants to power AI data centers, has secured $100 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Valor Equity...
Perennial has introduced VT0014, the first Verra-approved digital soil mapping tool to enable scalable, AI-powered soil carbon quantification under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program. The approval marks a breakthrough...
X-energy, Amazon, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), and Doosan Enerbility have signed a strategic agreement to accelerate deployment of X-energy’s Xe-100 advanced small modular reactors (SMRs) in the United...
NEC Corporation, together with San Francisco–based ClimateAi, has developed an artificial intelligence model designed to evaluate the effectiveness of climate change adaptation in agriculture. The initiative targets cocoa and rice...
Industry Research by: EsgCiti Research Team led by Ms. Madhu Jha, Director & COO, EsgCiti Green Pvt. Ltd. India is progressing on a digital trajectory, and at the core of...
Malaysia is taking a major step toward aligning its renewable energy transition with the explosive growth of digital infrastructure. Clean energy provider Gentari, through Gentari Renewables Sdn Bhd, and Gamuda,...
Asia Pacific & Japan hyperscale data centre specialist AirTrunk has secured a record S$2.25 (US $1.65) billion green loan in Singapore to fund the development of its new Loyang-based facility,...
Apollo-managed funds have agreed to acquire a majority interest in Kelvion, a century-old German manufacturer specializing in energy-efficient heat exchange and cooling technologies, from Triton. Triton will remain a minority...
Trane Technologies has launched the BrainBox AI Lab, a dedicated research and development center aimed at transforming energy optimization for HVAC systems and refrigerated transport. The initiative marks a major...
Speeki is advancing its ESG platform by integrating agentic AI into Nicole®, its digital sustainability assistant, marking a shift from passive AI support to autonomous, task-oriented functionality. Agentic AI represents...
Meta’s Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team, in collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology and artificial intelligence firm Cusp AI, has released the Open Direct Air Capture (DAC) 2025 Dataset...
IBM Research and Nestlé R&D have partnered to leverage artificial intelligence and deep tech to accelerate the discovery of sustainable packaging solutions. The collaboration has produced a generative AI tool...
Meta is piloting mass timber to reduce the embodied carbon of new data center construction as part of its strategy to achieve net zero emissions across its value chain by...
Google is scaling up its efforts to make data centers more energy-flexible through new utility agreements designed to support growing power demands — particularly from AI workloads — while strengthening...
Google will invest $6 billion to develop a massive 1-gigawatt (GW) data centre and renewable energy infrastructure in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, according to government officials. The facility,...
Google has introduced AlphaEarth Foundations, a powerful AI model designed to decode our planet’s complexities through advanced geospatial mapping. Developed as part of the company’s new EarthAI initiative, the model...
Enbridge Inc. has reached a final investment decision on Clear Fork, a 600-megawatt utility-scale solar project in Texas designed to supply clean energy to Meta Platforms, Inc. for its data...
3 Key Impact Points: GeologicAI has raised $44 million USD in Series B funding to accelerate the global rollout of its artificial intelligence and sensor-driven solutions for the critical minerals...
Envision, a global leader in green technology, has officially commissioned the world’s largest and most advanced green hydrogen and ammonia facility — the first to operate off-grid and fully powered...
Clarity AI, a global leader in sustainability-focused AI and data solutions, has acquired ecolytiq, a prominent provider of in-app climate engagement platforms for financial institutions. The move signals Clarity AI’s...
Microsoft and Novata have joined forces to deliver scalable, AI-powered sustainability solutions to small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) worldwide. Novata will integrate Microsoft Azure AI Foundry—including Azure AI Search—and Microsoft...
Dexter Energy, an Amsterdam-based climate tech firm, has raised €23 million in a Series C funding round to scale its AI-powered forecasting and trade optimization services for renewable energy and...
Meta has signed four new clean energy agreements with Invenergy totaling 791 MW, reinforcing its push to power expansive data center and AI operations with sustainable electricity. These deals elevate...
Schneider Electric and NVIDIA are co-developing AI-ready power, cooling, and control systems to accelerate sustainable data center infrastructure. Schneider Electric, a global leader in the digital transformation of energy management...
Google is undertaking a historic $10 billion investment in a massive data center campus in West Memphis, Arkansas—marking the largest private investment in the state’s history. Multiple credible local and industry...
The rapid growth of artificial intelligence is driving a sharp rise in global electricity demand, according to a new report from the United Nations’ International Telecommunication Union (ITU). From 2020...
B.Grimm Power Plc and Singapore’s Digital Edge will invest $1 billion to build a 100-megawatt data centre in Thailand, targeting a Q4 2026 launch to support soaring demand for AI,...
SAP is transforming enterprise sustainability from compliance to competitive advantage through embedded AI and unified data solutions. At its annual Sapphire event, SAP unveiled a sweeping set of innovations designed...
Schneider Electric is reshaping the future of sustainability and energy management with the launch of a multi-year initiative to build a category-defining, agentic AI ecosystem. Designed to operate autonomously or...
Google has signed a renewable energy agreement with U.S.-based clean energy developer energyRe, securing Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) from over 600 megawatts (MW) of new solar and solar-plus-storage projects in...
Schneider Electric is launching a multi-year initiative to build a category-defining agentic AI ecosystem, signaling a bold step in the digital evolution of energy and sustainability management. The initiative is...
STACK Infrastructure has secured a $1.4 billion green financing facility backed by 10 fully stabilized, revenue-generating data centers across North America—a move that underscores capital providers’ growing confidence in the...
Infosys and Economist Impact have launched The Sustainability Atlas, an AI-powered decision-making tool designed to help businesses and policymakers advance their sustainability strategies with data-backed precision. Built on Infosys Topaz,...
With over 50% of global GDP at risk from the ongoing decline of the natural world, Google is accelerating action by supporting high-impact startups using AI to restore, protect, and...
Microsoft is reshaping how the cloud industry evaluates sustainability by publishing the first comprehensive life cycle assessment (LCA) of datacenter cooling methods in Nature. The study goes beyond operational metrics...
Datamaran has unveiled DMA Evaluate, a powerful enhancement to its double materiality assessment platform, designed to help companies dynamically manage ESG risks and regulatory obligations with speed, accuracy, and scale....
As global tax regimes shift under pressure from rising regulatory demands and digital disruption, tax leaders are intensifying focus on transparency, digital readiness, and sustainability strategy—according to Deloitte’s 2025 Global...
AI robotics startup Glacier has raised $16 million in Series A funding to accelerate the deployment of its intelligent recycling robots, designed to transform U.S. recycling infrastructure, reduce emissions, and...
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