AI load growth is redrawing power markets. We cover how data center developers secure electricity — utility tariffs, corporate PPAs, prepayment structures and behind-the-meter generation — and what each deal reveals about who ultimately pays for the plant.
MalaysiaData Centers
Malaysia's corporate green power scheme lands its first hyperscale deal: 680 MWac of solar, four hours of batteries
A 14 sen access charge, a 21-year contract and a 2028 deadline that compresses delivery.
AnalysisData CentersWho pays for a data center's power plant? Google's Arkansas contract answers it
$526m up front for solar and batteries — and the disclosure fight that followed.
AnalysisData CentersBehind the meter: how data center builders in Africa and the Gulf are engineering their own power
Solar-plus-storage, gas hybrids and grid extensions — how the mix gets chosen.
Southeast AsiaData CentersJohor's AI data center race is really a power procurement race — and TNB is holding the cards
TM Nxera secures 280 MW from TNB as electricity supply agreements decide who gets to build AI capacity.
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