Monday, 24 August 2026

Renewable energy companies filed 65% of the requests to connect data centers to Brazil's main power grid, according to Mongabay, counting only plans submitted to the Ministry of Mines and Energy through December 2025.

The requests totalled 68 by that date, spread across 37 Brazilian municipalities, Mongabay reported.

Brazil's Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, pitched the country to global investors at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2025, according to Mongabay.

The demand backdrop is set by the International Energy Agency, which projects global data center energy consumption could reach 945 TWh by 2030, Mongabay reported.

GE Vernova Inc. has introduced a medium-voltage uninterruptible power supply (MV-UPS) built to keep data centers, AI factories and other energy-intensive facilities running on stable, continuous power around the clock, according to the company's announcement.

Shipments are expected to begin in mid-2027, with the first project energized in late 2027, GE Vernova said.

The design shifts power protection from low voltage up to medium voltage, placing what GE Vernova calls a stability block between the facility and its power supply. One coordinated system can then protect a much larger share of the site than a low-voltage arrangement covering discrete loads.

"Our MV-UPS is the true end-to-end medium-voltage power stability solution for energy-intensive industries, including data centers," said Philippe Piron, CEO of GE Vernova's Electrification segment. He said it applies proven GE Vernova power-conversion and energy-storage technologies in a new way.

The product ties two existing GE Vernova capabilities, power conversion and energy storage, into a single offer aimed at the load profile of AI compute sites.