Google’s future data centers will be built next to solar and wind farms

In what it’s calling a “first-of-its-kind partnership,” Google will collaborate with developers to build data centers powered by renewable energy generated on-site.

It’s partnering with energy company Intersect Power and investment firm TPG Rise Climate on a $20 billion initiative to develop an unspecified number of “industrial parks” across the US this decade. The first one is supposed to be partially operational by 2026 and completed by 2027...
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RSK: I think the last line says it all...Google gets a pass for some reason with its political views. " Google’s carbon footprint has grown 48 percent since 2019, despite a goal it set for itself of slashing that pollution in half by the end of the decade."...