Energy parks can provide grid services, but they face regulatory challenges, including uncertainty around the rules for co-located load, according to Energy Innovation.

Energy Vault and RackScale Data Centers aim to accelerate the delivery of 2 gigawatts of firm, primary power via the B-Nest system…. The USDA is investing $6.3 billion across more than 200 projects in 44 states to strengthen electric infrastructure in rural America. …

Technology companies are looking at various ways to source electricity for energy-intensive data centers. Google on Dec. 10 unveiled a plan to join with

Under the partnership's terms, Intersect Power will construct clean energy assets, with Google as the offtaker via new data center campuses and as an anchor tenant in colocated industrial parks. Google plans to deliver gigawatts of new data center capacity across the US as part of the partnership.

Intersect Power will build the clean energy infrastructure, and Google will anchor these projects as the primary user, ensuring new data centers come online with their own

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is investing in mega energy parks that will generate renewable power as the company races to fuel its data centers.

Google is taking a bold step towards a more sustainable future with a new partnership aimed at powering its data centers with sun and wind.