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A US Senate bill proposing to speed up the permitting process for energy projects has received a mixed response from clean energy industry and advocacy groups.

Renewables developer Madison Energy Infrastructure has launched a 1GW distributed energy resource (DER) initiative in the US.

US technology giant Oracle is seeking proposals for 2GW of solar PV, wind power, geothermal and “other renewable technologies” to power its data centre operations in New Mexico.

The Spanish government has unveiled plans to require data centres to have at least 80% of their hourly generation be powered by renewable energy.

Germany-headquartered inverter manufacturer SMA Solar is expanding its Large Scale and Project Solutions business to cater for the fast-growing data centre market.

French energy major Engie has signed a deal to supply power from a 61MW solar PV project to a data centre in Irving, Texas.

Residential solar and energy storage provider Sunrun has signed an agreement with distributed energy resource platform Voltus to support its Bring Your Own Capacity (BYOC) programmes for AI hyperscalers.

New South Wales (NSW) has released a Data Centre Policy Framework that ties streamlined planning approval for new data centres to commitments on renewable energy, water use and cost recovery, becoming the first state to translate Australia's national data centre policy direction into detailed operating rules.

Australia's AEMC sets a renewable energy framework for data centres as NSW introduces REZ-style legislation to control grid access and costs.

Australian states can impose stricter renewables rules on data centres than the national minimum, but cannot weaken the federal floor.