Challenging the prevailing narratives of a ‘rural cloud’, 97.5% of data centers in the USA are situated in cities. Data center siting is driven by local infrastructure and fossil-fuel industrial legacy, which poses substantial challenges to urban livability.
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As law and power collide at Hormuz, Europe is being forced to choose between staying above the fray and shaping the rules that govern it
A major fault on Ghana’s national power grid has triggered widespread outages, leaving the capital, Accra, the commercial hub of Kumasi and much of north without electricity.
British power developer Gridworks recently signed two landmark agreements with the Government of Uganda to begin construction on the Amari Project, widely regarded as Africa’s first independent transmission project to reach this phase. It is a milestone that speaks to the growing momentum behind private-sector participation in grid infrastructure and electricity generation on the continent.
Africa’s clean energy debate has reached a turning point. The technologies needed to generate low-cost renewable power are now proven and widely deployed, yet more than 600 million people across sub-Saharan Africa remain without reliable electricity. The continent added a record 11.3 GW of renewable capacity in 2025 – led by Ethiopia, South Africa and Egypt…
