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Associated Press
20-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Net Zero Data Center Alliance Aligns with Goldman Sachs' Forecast of 165% Surge in Data Center Power Demand by 2030
NEW YORK, May 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Net Zero Data Center Alliance, a revolutionary initiative focused on transforming the data center industry with sustainable and zero-emission infrastructure, is positioning itself to address the skyrocketing demand for data center power. This comes as Goldman Sachs predicts a 165% increase in data center power demand by 2030, driven in large part by the surge in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning workloads. The Alliance, consisting of INNOVO – Profitable Net Zero, ESS, ARCO Design/Build, and the Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation, proposes a forward-thinking solution to address this issue. Through its bio-farm-integrated, zero-emission, gas-powered data centers, the Alliance aims to respond directly to the forecasted power demand, ensuring energy security while minimizing environmental impact. By engineering systems that digest CO2 emissions produced by the gas generators and capturing additional CO2 from the atmosphere, the Alliance seeks to achieve 'Net Zero' emissions, offering a solution that is scalable, practical, and immediately deployable. 'In light of Goldman Sachs' forecast, the data center industry is at a critical juncture. As power demand for AI-driven infrastructure surges, the need for sustainable, resilient data centers has never been more urgent,' said Martin Kelly, Chair and Founder of INNOVO – Profitable Net Zero. 'Our solution is ready now, not decades from now, offering a way to meet growing demands while exceeding environmental and operational benchmarks.' The Net Zero Data Center Alliance's innovative approach, integrating bio-farm technology with AI-powered infrastructure, multi-generator redundancy, and battery storage, aims to ensure that data centers can operate efficiently, even under the most demanding conditions. The alliance is seeking investment partners for its proposed $8.3 billion rollout plan, which targets carbon emissions by over 90% compared to traditional data centers, positioning it as a pivotal player in the future of data infrastructure. 'The current data center model is unsustainable in the face of exponential demand. Our alliance is leading the charge for a smarter, more sustainable future,' said Dan Shaffer, President at ESS. 'We are aligning with key industry forecasts, such as Goldman Sachs', by providing immediate, scalable, and environmentally responsible solutions.' When launched, pilot facilities would require approximately 18 months for design, permitting, and construction, representing a significant step in the Alliance's mission to accelerate the adoption of sustainable infrastructure to support the rapidly growing demand for AI and cloud computing services. For more information about the Net Zero Data Center Alliance and its transformative approach to sustainable data infrastructure, visit About INNOVO: INNOVO Profitable Net Zero finances, builds, and operates large-scale clean technology projects. Its algae bio-farms digest the gas generators' CO2 emissions enabling them to provide data centers with clean electricity. About Net Zero Data Center Alliance: The Net Zero Data Center Alliance brings together four industry leaders -- INNOVO - Profitable Net Zero, ESS, ARCO Design/Build, and Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation -- in a unified effort to revolutionize data center sustainability through gas-powered infrastructure, bio-farm integration, and specialized construction solutions. About ARCO Design/Build: ARCO Design/Build serves as the design-build partner within the Net Zero Data Center Alliance, providing end-to-end project ownership from concept through commissioning. With over 5,500 successfully completed projects nationwide, ARCO's integrated design-build approach accelerates construction timelines while eliminating the coordination challenges inherent in traditional delivery methods. ARCO transforms complex data center development into streamlined, turnkey projects with unparalleled cost certainty and simplified execution, converting capital into operational facilities faster than traditional delivery models. Website: View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE ARCO Design/Build
BBC News
02-04-2025
- General
- BBC News
Blackburn: 'We are sick of awful fumes from waste site fires'
The landlady of a pub close to a derelict warehouse has told how people are sick of the thick choking fumes from a spate of mystery fires which have broken out at the site over the last seven latest blaze at the former V10 Polymers site in Blackburn led to residents being told to keep their windows and doors Davis, who runs the nearby Clifton Arms pub, said: "It never ends. We just need to know what is going to be done."The cause of the fires remains unclear but Lancashire Police said a Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service investigation was continuing. The site's owners have been contacted for a comment while The Environment Agency recently visited the site to undertake monitoring, and said it was "working with partners and landowners to protect the local community and environment".Last week's fire took place at the empty former plastics factory where tons of waste are still stored. 'Awful fumes' "It's gone on for far too long – its not just me it is everyone else round here," Ms Davis continued."We don't know what toxins are in the air. It's bringing the area down, people are wanting to sell their homes and obviously the prices are affected."It is deadly and the fumes are awful."Martin Kelly, deputy chief executive at Blackburn with Darwen Council, said: "Sadly, this site has been a blight on our community in that area for too long."It's important to stress that this site is in private ownership and it's the responsibility of the landowners to bring it forward for suitable re-development."For years, our officers – right across council departments - have worked hard to help resolve this for our residents and we will continue to work closely with the Environment Agency on the matter." An Environment Agency spokesman said: "We understand the concerns of local residents around this unregulated site."We are working with our partners to protect the local community and environment." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tea time alarm trend demonstrates ‘quintessential' British sense of humour
A viral trend showing people dropping everything to make a cup of tea prompted by a blaring alarm has been described as 'quintessential' British humour, but has left Americans confused. The trend began as a prank to play on people in the US, suggesting there was a daily siren known as the 'tea time alarm', reminding the British public to make a brew, and poking fun at the stereotype that Britons all love the hot beverage. Social media users have found creative ways to explain the tea alarm, with the convincing videos causing some Americans to believe the alarm is real. The trend has been spurred on by the official TikTok accounts of the UK Government, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (SYFRS), Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) and the RNLI, adding to people's confusion The UK Government TikTok account shared a video showing a prohibited 'tea alarm button', described as 'a very advanced piece of kit' and joked users can 'find out about the tea alarm' on the website, which has been viewed more than 780,000 times. Firefighters at SYFRS unboxed a tea alarm which they joked wirelessly connects to the 'tea alarm tower amplifying the national alarm giving you those vital extra seconds' to make a cup of tea, while CFRS claimed it is 'exempt from the tea alarm'. Meanwhile, the RNLI shared a video of a rescue team returning to shore and wrote: 'In 201 years of the RNLI we've never missed a tea alarm'. Others have shared extreme ways they have taken time of out of their day to drink tea – including a duo who rushed to make the hot beverage before ziplining over the Eden Project in Cornwall. The video was posted on the Hangloose Adventure TikTok account earning more than 1.3 millions views and more than 222,000 likes on the short-form video app. It shows Karis Lawer, 25, pouring tea from a thermal flask into ceramic mugs before pushing her colleague, Martin Kelly, 24, down the zipline as he held the drink, after the alarm went off during a test flight. Mr Kelly, operations manager at Hangloose adventure, a park specialising in outdoor adrenaline activities, joked the tea time alarm is ingrained in the British public's psyche. 'It's normal for every British person to have at least three cups a day, so I think the siren goes off without us noticing half the time,' he told the PA news agency. Despite being aimed at Americans, Ms Lawer, duty manager at Hangloose Adventure, said the trend appeared to have mostly entertained social media users on the other side of the Atlantic. 'Most of our (TikTok) views have come from the UK, so it's basically just English people laughing at ourselves and how funny we are,' she said. 'It's so quintessential, us just trying to poke fun at Americans really but also finding ourselves really funny. 'Tea is already something we have daily, so to make a video pretending that there's an alarm that goes off in order for us to have tea is such an easy thing to do, it's so effective.' The trend has sparked TikTok users to create fake accounts called the TVLA or TeaVLA – a pun on the DVLA or Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency – warning Britons to obey the tea time alarm or face a fine. 'Be careful of the fines. We don't want anyone to incur a tea fine,' Ms Lawer joked. 'It just adds to the humour.' Mr Kelly added: 'It makes it that more realistic and more believable.' The duo hope their ziplining video ensures no one misses the tea alarm and advised: 'Don't be afraid to drink tea anywhere.'
The Independent
20-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Tea time alarm trend demonstrates ‘quintessential' British sense of humour
A viral trend showing people dropping everything to make a cup of tea prompted by a blaring alarm has been described as 'quintessential' British humour, but has left Americans confused. The trend is designed to prank people in the US about a daily siren, known as the 'tea time alarm', reminding the British public to drink tea as a way to poke fun at the stereotype about Britain's love for the hot beverage. Social media users have found creative ways to explain the tea alarm, with the convincing videos causing some Americans to believe the trend is real. The trend has been spurred on by the official TikTok accounts of the UK Government, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (SYFRS), Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) and the RNLI, adding to people's confusion The UK Government TikTok account shared a video showing a prohibited 'tea alarm button', described as 'a very advanced piece of kit' and joked users can 'find out about the tea alarm' on the website, which has been viewed more than 780,000 times. Firefighters at SYFRS unboxed a tea alarm which they joked wirelessly connects to the 'tea alarm tower amplifying the national alarm giving you those vital extra seconds' to make a cup of tea, while CFRS claimed it is 'exempt from the tea alarm'. Meanwhile, the RNLI shared a video of a rescue team returning to shore and wrote: 'In 201 years of the RNLI we've never missed a tea alarm'. Others have shared extreme ways they have taken time of out of their day to drink tea – including a duo who rushed to make the hot beverage before ziplining over the Eden Project in Cornwall. The video was posted on the Hangloose Adventure TikTok account earning more than 1.3 millions views and more than 222,000 likes on the short-form video app. It shows Karis Lawer, 25, pouring tea from a thermal flask into ceramic mugs before pushing her colleague, Martin Kelly, 24, down the zipline as he held the drink, after the alarm went off during a test flight. Mr Kelly, operations manager at Hangloose adventure, a park specialising in outdoor adrenaline activities, joked the tea time alarm is ingrained in the British public's psyche. 'It's normal for every British person to have at least three cups a day, so I think the siren goes off without us noticing half the time,' he told the PA news agency. Despite being aimed at Americans, Ms Lawer, duty manager at Hangloose Adventure, said the trend appeared to have mostly entertained social media users on the other side of the Atlantic. 'Most of our (TikTok) views have come from the UK, so it's basically just English people laughing at ourselves and how funny we are,' she said. 'It's so quintessential, us just trying to poke fun at Americans really but also finding ourselves really funny. 'Tea is already something we have daily, so to make a video pretending that there's an alarm that goes off in order for us to have tea is such an easy thing to do, it's so effective.' The trend has sparked TikTok users to create fake accounts called the TVLA or TeaVLA – a pun on the DVLA or Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency – warning Britons to obey the tea time alarm else they face a fine. 'Be careful of the fines. We don't want anyone to incur a tea fine,' Ms Lawer joked. 'It just adds to the humour.' Mr Kelly added: 'It makes it that more realistic and more believable.' The duo hope their ziplining video ensures no one misses the tea alarm and advised: 'Don't be afraid to drink tea anywhere.'
Voice of America
14-03-2025
- Business
- Voice of America
Exclusive: Second Iranian ship suspected of carrying missile ingredient leaves China
A second Iranian ship that Western news reports have named as part of a scheme to import a missile propellant ingredient from China is heading to Iran with a major cargo load, an exclusive VOA analysis has found. Ship-tracking websites show the Iranian-flagged cargo ship Jairan departed China on Monday, a month later than the expected departure cited by one of the news reports. The Jairan was named in January and February articles by The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal and CNN as one of two Iranian cargo ships Tehran is using to import 1,000 metric tons of sodium perchlorate from China. The three news outlets cited unnamed Western intelligence sources as saying the purported shipment could be transformed into enough ammonium perchlorate — a key solid fuel propellant component — to produce 260 midrange Iranian missiles. The other Iranian cargo ship named in the news reports, the Golbon, completed a 19-day journey from eastern China to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas on Feb. 13. During the trip, it made a two-day stop at southern China's Zhuhai Gaolan port and delivered an unknown cargo to Iran, according to ship-tracking website MarineTraffic. Both the Golbon and the Jairan are sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department as vessels operated by the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, which itself is sanctioned for being what the State Department has called "the preferred shipping line for Iranian proliferators and procurement agents." As the Golbon sailed from China to Iran in late January and early February, the Jairan's automatic identification system transponder — a device that transmits positional and other data as part of an internationally mandated tracking system — reported the vessel as being docked at eastern China's Liuheng Island. In a joint review of the Jairan's AIS data on MarineTraffic and fellow ship-tracking website Seasearcher, VOA and Dubai-based intelligence analyst Martin Kelly of EOS Risk Group determined that the Jairan reported no significant draught change while docked at Liuheng Island through February and into early March. That meant the Iranian vessel was sitting at the almost same depth in the water as when it arrived in eastern China late last year, indicating it had not been loaded with any major cargo since then. The Jairan remained at Liuheng Island until March 3, when it headed south toward Zhuhai Gaolan and docked at the port on March 8. Two days later, the Jairan departed, reporting its destination as Bandar Abbas with an expected arrival of March 26. The Iranian ship also reported a significant draught change upon leaving Zhuhai Gaolan, transmitting data showing it was sitting more than 2 meters deeper in the water and indicating it had taken on a major cargo at the port, Kelly told VOA. As of Friday, local time, the Jairan was in the waters of Indonesia's Riau Archipelago, heading southwest toward the Singapore Strait. The U.S. State Department had no comment on the Jairan's departure from China when contacted by VOA. Iran's U.N. mission in New York did not respond to a similar VOA request for comment, emailed on Tuesday. Last month, the State Department told VOA it was aware of the January news reports by The Financial Times and Wall Street Journal regarding Iran's purported use of the Golbon and Jairan to import sodium perchlorate from China. A spokesperson said the State Department does not comment on intelligence matters but "remains focused on preventing the proliferation of items, equipment, and technology that could benefit Iran's missile or other weapons programs and continues to hold Iran accountable through sanctions." Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning responded to the news reports in a Jan. 23 press briefing, asserting that China abides by its own export controls and international obligations and rejects other countries' imposition of what Beijing considers illegal unilateral sanctions. In the past month, Chinese state media have made no reference to the Jairan, while China's social media platforms also have had no observable discussion about the Iranian ship, according to a review by VOA's Mandarin Service. In its Jan. 22 report, The Financial Times cited "security officials in two Western countries" as saying the Jairan would depart China in early February, but it did not leave until March 10. Gregory Brew, a senior Iran analyst at the Eurasia Group, a New York-based political risk consultancy, said Iran may also have wanted to see if the Golbon could complete its voyage from China without being interdicted before sending the Jairan to follow it. "Ships carrying highly sensitive materials related to Iran's missile industry, which is under U.S. sanctions, are at risk of interception, and the Iranians likely are conscious of that," Brew said. Eight Republican U.S. senators led by Jim Risch and Pete Ricketts sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio about the purported Iran-China chemical scheme dated Feb. 4, urging him to work with global partners of the U.S. "to intercept and stop the shipments currently underway" if the press reports proved accurate. There was no sign of the Golbon being intercepted on its recent China to Iran voyage. Responding to VOA's query about the letter, a U.S. State Department press officer said: "We do not comment on Congressional correspondence." Ricketts' office also did not respond to a VOA inquiry about whether Rubio has responded to the senators' letter. VOA's Mandarin Service contributed to this report.
