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Achieving 100 percent renewable energy with 24/7 monitoring in Microsoft Sweden

Primary blog Microsoft
Published: 2020-11-24 Accessed: 2026-05-07
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Summary

Microsoft announces a partnership with Vattenfall to implement 24/7 hourly renewable energy matching for its new datacenter regions in Sweden.

Key quotes

Microsoft will be the first hyperscale cloud provider to track hourly energy consumption and renewable energy matching in a commercial product
The current system has no way of matching the supply of renewable energy with demand for that energy on an hourly basis.

The post details the use of Azure IoT Central and Power BI to track energy consumption hourly. This system aims to move beyond monthly or yearly Guarantees of Origin (GOs) to drive market demand for energy storage.