Berlin-based climatetech startup VARMhas raised €17.5 million in a Series A funding round led by ABN AMROSustainable Impact Fund and co-led by GET Fund. The round also includedparticipation from Aurum…
The global Breathe Cities initiative to improve air quality and protect public health is set to expand, following a $45 million investment from Bloomberg Philanthropies.
A new report finds strong support for climate solutions in many countries, but also notes some phrases like net zero are not ineffective with the public.
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at an audacious plan for floating, ocean-powered data centers and GM’s pursuit of cheaper battery technologies.
The Chevron Microsoft gas deal hands the oil major a 20-year contract to power a giant West Texas data centre. For a company that built its AI plans on renewables and nuclear, that is a sharp turn. Chevron will power one of the largest data centres in …
A new geothermal player. Upgrading the grid with wood veneers. How drones are leveling the military playing field. All that and more in this week’s Prototype.
Can second-life EV batteries save the grid from AI? Explore how data centers are repurposing electric vehicle batteries to solve exploding power demands.
The backlash against AI data centres used to be a local zoning story. This week, it became a fight inside Amazon. Three Amazon engineers, Patrick Schloesser, Darius Irani and Liesl Wigand, say the company placed them under investigation after they test…
With temperatures set to soar again in Europe, the link between heatwaves and air pollution is back under the spotlight.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday ordered six major grid operators to fast-track interconnection requests from data centres and other large electricity users. Under the directive, approved unanimously, grid operators must demonstrate…