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Argyll launches UK sovereign AI cloud for organisations

Argyll Data Development has unveiled a UK-sovereign AI inference cloud, offering regulated organisations local control over data, models and operations.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Customer Experience

Keen AI & SP Energy launch grid tool for developers

Keen AI and SP Energy Networks unveil IConn to cut UK grid connection checks to seconds as demand for wind, solar and battery projects surges.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • 5 days ago

Unified Communications

Virgin Media O2 signs 10-year solar deal with egg Power

Virgin Media O2 boosts renewable power supply with 10-year Suffolk solar agreement, lifting long-term clean electricity to about 20% of demand.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Last week

Data Protection

Katsina signs deal for 50,000 solar AI streetlights

Katsina to host Africa's first distributed AI compute network as Conflow Power Group signs deal for 50,000 solar iLamp streetlights.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Last week

Global Stories

Solar power stories

Virtualisation

Energy for AI, AI for energy: designing AI-ready data centres

Data centre operators race to make AI-ready sites more energy efficient, using smart cooling, load shifting and grid collaboration.

By Farokh Ghadially • 4 min read • 4 days ago

Clean technologies

Enosi's solar matching surges in Italy with Plenitude

Enosi says Plenitude's Adopt a Panel programme has drawn 82,000 Italian customers in 10 months, highlighting demand for matched solar access.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week

Robotics

Siemens launches DC protection kit for data centres

Siemens says its new direct current protection kit could cut peak power demand and cabling needs as data centres and factories test cleaner electrical designs.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month

Stories from Other Regions

Solar power stories

Hybrid Cloud

Zero Latency launches closed beta of Zerogrid AI grid

Zero Latency opens closed beta for Zerogrid, a distributed AI inference grid routing workloads to edge capacity for Fortune 1000 clients.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Yesterday

Clean technologies

Clean Energy Finance Corporation backs Tasmania grid link

Clean Energy Finance Corporation commits AUD $1.2 billion to TasNetworks for Tasmania's Marinus grid works, aiming to cut consumer charges.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • 2 days ago

Agricultural Technology

PowerSync launches optimiser for Australian energy users

PowerSync unveils optimiser to help Australian commercial energy users trade solar and battery assets in the National Electricity Market.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Clean technologies

SMA Australia appoints Sam Wiggins as Managing Director

SMA Australia appoints Sam Wiggins as Managing Director in a dual leadership overhaul to sharpen its focus on utility-scale solar and storage.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • 3 days ago

Power / Energy

The hidden problem with Australia's ageing solar fleet - and the tech fixing it

Australia's rooftop solar boom is entering a costly phase as ageing panels and inverters underperform, while new diagnostics spot faults fast.

By Lovan • 6 min read • 5 days ago

Data Analytics

Your solar system has an app Now - and it knows more than you think

Solar monitoring apps are quietly becoming the brain of Australian homes, using weather, tariffs and AI to cut bills and spot faults.

By Lovan • 8 min read • 5 days ago

DataCentre infrastructure

Australia data centre growth shifts towards renewable power

WinDC founder Andrew Sjoquist says Australia's data centre boom is being reshaped by grid bottlenecks, with AI facilities set to follow renewable power.

By Mark Tarre • 5 min read • Last month

Internet of Things

BLUETTI launches FridgePower on Kickstarter: Ultra-slim battery backup for refrigerators and home use

Bluetti brings a slim, quiet battery backup to Kickstarter, promising longer fridge runtime, smart app controls and expandable home resilience.

By BLUETTI • 4 min read • Last month

Storage

Why Australia's AI boom demands a new era of energy efficiency

Australia's AI surge is exposing the cost of power-hungry infrastructure, as businesses are urged to rethink data centre efficiency and procurement.

By Nathan Hall • 5 min read • Last month

Surveillance

Reolink launches solar floodlight cam in Australia

Reolink rolls out AUD $179.99 solar floodlight camera in Australia, targeting households with wire-free installation, local storage and AI detection.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Hyperscale

Amazon Australia signs nine renewable deals adding 430MW

Amazon boosts Australian clean power with battery-backed deals in NSW and Victoria, lifting its contracted renewable capacity to 990MW across 20 projects.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month