Most read Transformer Magazine news of 2025!
From major grid investments and transformer expansions to nuclear approvals and blackouts, these were the stories that captured the industry’s attention in 2025.
Microsoft’s $3.2 B UK data centre plans threatened by grid delays
Microsoft warns that UK grid delays could derail its $3.2 B data centre investment, risking setbacks for AI and cloud infrastructure expansion.
Microsoft to Revive Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant
Microsoft to invest $1.6 billion to meet soaring energy demands for artificial intelligence (AI).
BlackRock, Microsoft Launch $100 Billion Fund for AI and Energy Infrastructure
The fund aims to support power demand from the continued growth and development of AI technologies.
Oracle’s Larry Ellison Sees $100 Billion AI Boom Powered by Nuclear Energy
Oracle is currently building a 800 MW datacenter that will train one of the world’s largest AI models. They are already in the design phase for a datacenter that will require 1 GW.
EDPR and Microsoft sign PPA in Singapore
EDP Renovaveis SA has announced the signing of a contract to sell the solar power from 200 MWp of new capacity in Singapore to Microsoft.
Microsoft seals PPA with SSE Renewables, FuturEnergy
This PPA adds to Microsoft’s 900 MW power procurement in Ireland arranged in November 2022.
Microsoft to get $86 M substation for data centre
USA, Washington, Malaga: Chelan County Power Utility District (PUD) is building an $86 M substation to power the Microsoft data centre campus in Malaga, USA.