FCC removes Verizon's nine-state copper retirement from automatic grant
Verizon asked to discontinue legacy TDM voice service in parts of nine states next month; the commission says it needs more time to review the request.
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Rio de Janeiro launches electric bus P3 consultation as transit deals stay advisory
The roundup's only dollar figure is the World Bank's $50 million backing for the Paraíba sanitation P3; Contra Costa Transit Authority is also exploring a mobility-hub P3.
Crusoe confirms Google as end user of its Goodnight campus in Texas
The Armstrong County project connects directly to two wind farms totaling 531MW, and Aterio Research puts the planned build at more than a gigawatt.
SPP's Western adequacy stop-gap draws four protests, including its own monitor
WAPA, Basin Electric and Guzman Energy seek changes to the Sept. 4 filing, which would run until June 1, 2027.
Gimlet Cloud to deploy 100MW of Cerebras wafer-scale compute for inference
The first data center under the agreement is expected online later this year, and the coverage names no site, utility, or contract value.
Google Cloud to double computing capacity in Brazil by 2030
Google's four-year expansion leaves the choice between new data centers and denser existing ones to demand, with no investment figure disclosed.
Hypertec CEO names 5C as IPO candidate after $5bn-$6bn round
Simon Ahdoot told the Bloomberg Canadian Finance Conference that listing discussions follow the close of the next debt-and-equity raise.
KPI Green to acquire 507.9 MW of operating wind farms in India, report says
The Renewables Now item names no seller, price, structure or number of farms, and does not say whether a signed agreement is in place.
AT&T commits more than $3bn to Corning fiber in multi-year supply deal
The carrier ties the build to AI-driven data demand, weeks after Verizon signed its own multi-billion-dollar Corning agreement through 2032.
Bain Capital in talks to acquire Edged US from Koch, Bloomberg reports
Koch Real Estate Investments is soliciting bids for Edged that could value the company at around $15 billion, according to Bloomberg.
Energy Vault is buying Goshe and secures up to $40M in S2G credit
Goshe's leadership and development teams will join the storage developer, which says the credit backs development, construction and operation of the acquired portfolio.
US nuclear regulator proposes “wholesale revision” of plant rules
Canary Media reports the proposal would cut reporting requirements for nonemergency events and remove an expiration date on standard design approvals.
ACP and Wood Mackenzie project 27% growth in commercial energy storage
Average U.S. storage duration rose to 3.5 hours from 2.8 as second-quarter commercial-property installations fell to 48 MW after an incentive-driven first quarter in California.
TenneT Netherlands prices a EUR 1.5bn green bond, terms unreported
The Renewables Now item names the issuer and size but omits the coupon, tenor, use of proceeds and bookrunners.
Rezolv closes funding for 1.3-GWp Dama Solar in Romania
Renewables Now reports the closing but no lender, sum or offtake.
Alibaba Cloud names Turkey, Finland and the Netherlands as next regions
The Netherlands was also on last September's list, and Malaysia, Germany, the UAE, France and Hong Kong are slated for added capacity.
Infineon to supply silicon carbide devices for Eaton's 800VDC transformer platform
The two firms say silicon carbide will cut conversion losses in Eaton's MVSST 2.0 platform; no customer, site or delivery date is attached.
Global Switch to host Nvidia Blackwell deployment in Paris, tenant unnamed
Global Switch names no tenant or scale for a liquid-cooled Nvidia DGX-ready build it calls one of Europe's biggest Blackwell deployments.
Google wins Dublin planning appeal for a third Grange Castle data center
An Coimisiún Pleanála cleared the 72,400 sqm building two years after South Dublin County Council refused it over grid capacity and unclear power contracts.
Energy Vault wins New South Wales approval for 1-GWh battery project
Renewables Now reports the state sign-off on the storage project, and the coverage names no offtaker, capex or commissioning date.
Ericsson to upgrade Cellnex's Polish tower RAN; no contract value disclosed
The sites serve Plus, Polkomtel's mobile brand, and the equipment list is detailed while the economics go unstated.
Meta agrees to lease AI capacity from Firmus in Southeast Asia
The hyperscaler adds its name to Firmus's Indonesian and Malaysian build-out, but the announcement carries no price, no megawatt figure for the tranche and no energization date.
Pittsburgh targets one-day approval for simple building permits and adds virtual inspections
The city counts roughly 20,000 vacant homes and an 11,000-home affordable shortfall as it reworks its permit queue.
SPP's Western adequacy stop-gap draws protests, including from its own market monitor
WAPA, Basin Electric and Guzman Energy seek changes to the Sept. 4 proposal, which would run until mandatory adequacy rules take effect on June 1, 2027.
New York awards 950 MW of batteries in first bulk storage round
NYSERDA says the first bulk storage round more than doubles all utility-scale storage awarded, contracted and installed in the state, and payments begin only once projects run.
Australia Post signs three-year Telstra connectivity deal across 4,000 sites
About 300 of the postal operator's locations move to fiber-to-the-premises, with regional sites shifting to Telstra satellite over the next twelve months.
Eaton agrees to buy COL Group from Oaktree for €810 million
COL Group forecasts €250 million of 2027 sales, putting the deal at about 3.2 times forward revenue.
Colovore files for $430 million liquid-cooled data center in Fort Worth
The Denton County project is scheduled to run from December 2026 to December 2028, with the landowner listed as a likely Hillwood Properties affiliate.
World Bank backs Paraíba P3 with $50m as DFC approves Jordan water financing
No dollar figure appears for the DFC package, leaving the World Bank's $50 million as the only sized financing in the roundup.
Submer launches Corenix, a modular data center unit built on Nvidia reference designs
Martin Renkis, most recently of Johnson Controls, will lead a business that ships factory-tested IT, power, cooling and networking modules to project sites.
Amazon agrees to buy two Hong Kong data centers for at least HK$2.18 billion
The Fanling properties include one already leased to Amazon and one still under construction; up to HK$265.8 million more is payable depending on fit-out and construction scope.
Poste Italiane holds 85.82% of Telecom Italia, below the 90% take-private threshold
TIM's chief executive and other managers tendered their own shares into the voluntary tender and exchange offer.
Unnamed developer submits data center plan in Piedmont as region prepares law
The four-building Moncalieri project lists 576MW of planned electrical capacity, which a councillor says would likely make it Italy's largest.
Equinix and Schneider pilot software-defined switchgear at an undisclosed data center
Schneider says the configuration uses 87 percent less control wiring and 91 percent fewer terminals, with broader availability set for 2028.
Samsung commits $1bn to KKR's Helix data center platform
The commitment comes from a long-duration fund and extends a platform that has raised more than $10bn without a disclosed site, tenant, or delivery date.
Lefdal Mine buys Titan Group and its 40-acre data center site in Norway
Lefdal aims to invest a reported NOK 9 billion on the 40-acre Moskog site, 120km from its mine-based facility at Måløy.
Amazon Data Services agrees to buy 1.98m sq ft in Sepang from Sunsuria
The conditional deal values the vacant freehold parcel at about RM316.84 million ($77.6 million), against the RM145.97 million Sunsuria paid in 2015.
Energa Obrót, CGE and Konin sign LOI for a 100MW data center in Poland
CGE estimates the staged project at just under €3 billion and says capacity could reach 260MW with municipal approval; no tenant or offtake terms are disclosed.
Telefónica weighs a Venezuela exit within a year, report says
The carrier has operated in the country since 1991, and its Movistar brand there carries close to nine million mobile subscribers.
Subsea Micropiles invests GBP 5m in Scottish floating wind supply chain
The report names a company, country and GBP 5m sum, but not the site, counterparty or structure of the investment.
Net Zero Atlantic to share offshore wind expertise with unnamed European groups
The Renewables Now headline does not identify the European participants or describe what the arrangement covers.
Clean Max raises $261m in Indian green debt, with no lender or terms disclosed
Renewables Now reports the amount without naming an instrument, tenor, use of proceeds or counterparty.
Navaris orders Nordex turbines for a 42 MW German wind project
The 29 September order is the latest Navaris disclosure in Germany to name megawatts without a price.
New York's 1GW storage contract round tests a 2040 fossil-free mandate
Canary Media reports scant progress toward the 2040 fossil-free target and puts a 1GW storage contract round at the center of whether that changes.
Fluor-Balfour Beatty JV opens $677 million Oak Hill Parkway in Austin
The Texas DOT project widened about seven miles of U.S. 290 and Highway 71 and is at least the third award the two contractors have shared.
Fervo Energy begins selling power from Cape Station's initial 33-MW unit
Canary Media reports the Utah project is the first utility-scale next-generation geothermal plant to sell power; Google has contracted 396 megawatts at the site.
InfraRed agrees to buy Hector Rail from Ancala at SEK2.61bn
The deal values the Scandinavian freight operator, which runs about 100 predominantly electric locomotives, at roughly €229.6m with no earnings figure disclosed.
AP Moller Capital agrees to take Euroports majority stake with no price disclosed
The infrastructure manager takes control of more than 50 terminals in ten European countries and China, alongside existing Belgian shareholders SFPIM and PMV.
Goodman withdraws 90MW Sydney data center application, citing policy shift
The AU$1.2 billion Lane Cove campus, in planning since March 2025, leaves the New South Wales queue while four other Sydney sites stay in development.
European Commission proposes data center efficiency ratings; industry groups seek climate nuance
The package would grade facilities above 500kW on energy, water, grid support and renewables, as association leaders caution a single scale may not fit the whole bloc.