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Trump meets with tech giants to discuss energy pledges ahead of midterm elections

The U.S. president?Donald Trump will meet with leaders of technology companies on Wednesday, including 'Google, Meta and OpenAI. They are expected to formalize an agreement to protect consumers from the rising costs of electricity due to the rapid growth of data centers that use a lot of energy.

Wartsila CEO sees boost from Trump Datacenter Push

The CEO of the Finnish energy company said that a push to have U.S. datacentres use their own power would boost the demand for Wartsila’s environmentally friendly products and?help support a "double digit" increase in the hiring of service staff over the next 2 years.

Clean Max's India IPO, backed by Brookfield, subscribed to 94% of the total on the final day.

The exchange data shows that the 31?billion rupee ($341million) IPO of Clean Max Enviro Energy Solutions, which is backed by Brookfield, received a muted response as at 5:10pm IST on Wednesday. A power producer that supplies green energy to clients such as Amazon and Google India received bids of 20.6 million shares…

The US AI boom is facing an electric shock

The race for artificial intelligence dominance by Big Tech may hit a snag soon as U.S. power grids struggle to keep up with hyperscalers who spend a lot of money. Microsoft, Amazon Alphabet, and Meta are among the technology giants in America that have announced in recent months plans to spend over $600 billion in AI by 2026.

Microsoft will continue to buy enough renewable energy for all its needs

Microsoft has pledged to "keep buying enough renewable energy to meet all of its electricity needs" after meeting this goal for the first year. Tech giants are ramping up capital expenditures on an AI driven expansion of power hungry data centres. Microsoft announced…

Sources say that Nscale, a UK AI company backed by Nvidia, has hired banks to prepare for its IPO.

People familiar with the situation said that Nscale Global Holdings, a British artificial intelligence company backed by Nvidia, has hired Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan in order to prepare for a public offering. Sources who asked not to be named because the discussions…

Wall Street's final session of the year is lower than usual, but it will end 2025 with a big annual gain

Wall Street's major indexes finished lower in the last trading session of 2025 but still racked up big gains for the year after a rollercoaster?year marked by uncertainty over President Donald Trump's trade tariffs and an euphoria surrounding AI-focused stocks. S&P 500 and Dow Jones…

FEATURE-AI data explosion in Mexico fuels rise of dirty energy

The country's power infrastructure is overloaded and pollution has increased due to the shortfall in green power, despite promises by government and industry to increase capacity. The data centers are huge warehouses that are the size of Olympic stadiums. They sprawl over industrial parks and house hundreds of servers…

AI data explosion in Mexico fuels growth in dirty energy

The lack of green power, despite promises by government and industry to increase capacity, has overloaded and increased local pollution. Masheika Allgood is the founder of AllAI Consulting. She provides information on data center environmental impacts. The data centers are huge warehouses that are the size of Olympic stadiums.

What is Fusion Energy, the Quest that Trump Media is so enamored with?

Scientists and businesses have tried for decades to harness the fusion energy that powers the sun to produce electricity on Earth. The $6 billion merger announced on Thursday between U.S. president Donald Trump's Trump Media and Technology Group and?Google-backed TAE…

ReNew signs pact to build solar project of 150 MW in India with Google

India's ReNew Energy Global announced on Tuesday that it had signed a long-term deal with Alphabet to develop a 150-megawatt project in the western Indian state of Rajasthan. The agreement is in line Google's aim to be entirely carbon-free by 2030. India also wants…

Drax plans on converting coal-era power stations into data centres by 2027

Drax Group announced on Thursday that it could convert a part of its power plant in Yorkshire, Northern England, into an data centre by 2027. The land, cooling systems, and transformers were previously used for coal generation. Europe's old coal- and gas-fired plants are in need of a new lease on life.

U.S. Companies hold their line in climate talks despite Trump

Despite the U.S. Government's deterioration on climate change ahead of the COP30 Summit, American companies didn't shy away. According to an analysis of the attendance lists, there were 60 Fortune 100 representatives at this year's event in Brazil, as opposed to 50 last year at Baku, Azerbaijan.

Wall St hedge funds reduced megacaps in the third quarter

According to the most recent quarterly disclosures, Wall Street's biggest hedge funds have reduced their exposure to certain Magnificent Seven companies, such as Nvidia and Alphabet, and placed new bets on sectors like application software, ecommerce, and payments. The following are some key positions changes made by the funds.

RWE Reports Near 15-Year High Boosted by Data Center Sale

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RWE, Germany's largest power producer, reported higher-than-expected profit for the first nine months of the year, boosted by a 225 million euro ($262 million) book gain on the sale of a data centre project to a large unnamed cloud service provider.Shares in RWE, which…

Sponsored: Record Deals and Record Attendance Underscore ADIPEC’s Global Impact

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Record-breaking 239,709 attendees from 172 countries gathered at ADIPEC 2025, reaffirming UAE’s convening power and its role as a global hub for energy, partnerships and innovation. ADIPEC 2025 generated an estimated US$400 million in economic benefits for Abu Dhabi’s economy…

Andy Home, recycling pioneer, races to close rare earths scrap gaps

This question is more urgent now than ever after China restricted its exports in the first half of this year. The move sent shockwaves throughout Western manufacturing chains. The race to create domestic mine-to magnet supply chains is accelerating, especially in the United States.

Andy Home, recycling pioneers racing to close rare earths scrap gaps

This question is more urgent now than ever after China restricted its exports in the first half of this year. The move sent shockwaves throughout Western manufacturing chains. The race to create domestic mine-to magnet supply chains is accelerating, especially in the United States.

Wall Street Journal, September 12,

These are the most popular stories from the Wall Street Journal. These stories have not been verified and we cannot vouch their accuracy. Microsoft and OpenAI reached a tentative deal to ease tensions in their partnership. This agreement removes a major obstacle for the ChatGPT maker’s for-profit restructuring plans…

Data center owners ask US Treasury to maintain renewable energy subsidy regulations

The Data Center Coalition, which includes Google, Amazon, and Microsoft as data center owners, has called on U.S. Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent, to maintain existing rules regarding wind and solar energy subsides, stating that they have allowed the industry to grow rapidly and remain ahead of China's competition.