Why Renewable Energy is the Right Decision for Google's Green Data Center

greenm3.com Sep 26 2012 Fuel Cell , Wind

Google was nice enough to let me know yesterday that they would make a renewable energy announcement today, and I have a bit of time to think about the impact of the announcement. More renewable energy for our data centers September 26, 2012 We announced our commitment to carbon neutrality back in 2007, and since then we’ve been finding ways to power our operations with as much renewable energy as possible. In our latest step toward this end, we just signed an agreement with the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) to green the energy supply to our Oklahoma data center with 48 MW of wind energy from the Canadian Hills Wind Project in Oklahoma, which is expected to come online later this year. ... This brings the total amount of renewable energy for which Google has contracted to over 260 MW. The press release went live at 7:00a PT ...

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