Nigerian regulator the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Nigerian Rural Electrification Agency (REA) have launched a joint initiative to reduce the estimated US$350 million that telecom operators in Nigeria spend annually on diesel.
Public research university and technical institute the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT B) has signed an agreement with telecom infrastructure firm Indus Towers for research initiatives in sustainable energy.
Casa dos Ventos, one of Brazil’s largest renewable energy developers, has signed a long-term power supply agreement to provide renewable electricity to Ascenty, one of Latin America’s largest data centre operators.