The Central Electricity Authority (CEA) has issued a draft Amendment-II to its Manual on Transmission Planning Criteria, 2023, proposing wide-ranging revisions aimed at aligning India’s transmission planning framework with the changing requirements of the power system. Stakeholders can submit comments on the draft by June 8, 2026. 1150 kV AC transmission system One of the…
JinkoSolar has introduced a new line of photovoltaic modules designed for AI data centres, GPU clusters, supercomputing facilities, and edge computing networks. The product, called the AIDC module, is built on the company’s Tiger Neo 3.0 tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) cell platform. The modules are rated at a front-side efficiency of 24.8% and a…
Xcel Energy has signed an agreement to supply electricity to a new Google data centre in Pine Island, Minnesota, alongside a 1,900 MW expansion of clean energy capacity and deployment of a large long-duration battery system. The Electric Service Agreement will be filed with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission for approval. Under the agreement, Google…
Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has proposed a venture with NVIDIA to build gigawatt-scale artificial intelligence infrastructure in India. The collaboration was announced at the India AI Summit on February 18, 2026, to position India as a global centre for sovereign AI development and large-scale deployment. The partnership supports the Government of India’s India AI Mission…
Bondada Engineering Limited has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai-based Bryanston Renewables FZCO to jointly develop green-powered data centres in India and select international markets. The agreement was formalised on February 11, 2026. The MoU sets out a non-binding framework for collaboration between the two companies. It envisages the creation of data…
TotalEnergies has entered into two long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to supply 1 GW of solar capacity to Google’s data centres in Texas. The transaction represents TotalEnergies’ largest single renewable energy PPA concluded in the United States to date. The 15-year agreements will deliver around 28 TWh of renewable electricity from two TotalEnergies-owned solar projects…
CG Power and Industrial Solutions Limited has secured its largest-ever single order, valued at approximately Rs 900 crore ($99.2 million), from Tallgrass Integrated Logistics Solutions LLC, USA. The export contract covers the supply of power transformers for a large-scale data centre project in the United States, marking CG Power’s entry into the global data centre…
Meta has announced agreements with Oklo, TerraPower and Vistra following its nuclear request for proposal process to support new and existing nuclear energy projects in the United States. The company said the agreements aim to add clean and reliable power to electricity grids while supporting its growing data centre and artificial intelligence operations. The projects…
Reliance Industries and Larsen and Toubro (L&T) have announced new investments totalling $13.5 billion. Digital Connexion, the joint venture of Reliance Industries, Brookfield and Digital Realty, has outlined an 11 billion dollar plan to develop a 1 GW data centre in Visakhapatnam over five years. L&T has announced a 2.5 billion dollar plan to build…
The Maharashtra government has signed a series of investment agreements to strengthen its renewable energy and digital infrastructure sectors. A key highlight is the commitment of Rs 15,600 crore towards solar manufacturing. Jupiter International will invest Rs 10,900 crore to set up facilities for solar wafer, cell, and module production at Butibori in Nagpur district….