Listed thermal battery technology developer 1414 Degrees says it is chasing a supply deal for a potential 1 gigawatt (GW) data centre deal in South Australia, and has signed a heads of agreement for the project.
The initial project will see a 17 megawatt (MW) data centre – built by an as-yet unidentified company, before growing to 200 MW and then more at a later date.
The deal comes as the federal government looks to mandate that data centres bring their own renewable energy in order to be allowed to connect to the grid. South Australia is already at 75 per cent share of wind and solar and aims to reach 100 per cent “net” renewables by the end of next year.
And while big data centre operators have come out in support of the policy, with the likes of Airtrunk reading the tea leaves early and already buying renewable energy, others are building a backup energy strategy around gas.
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