1. Google Buys Wind Energy For Oklahoma Data Centre

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    Google Buys Wind Energy For Oklahoma Data Centre

    Google">Google has signed a deal to power a data centre in Oklahoma with wind energy, and Greenpeace has hailed the announcement.

    Grand River Dam Authority may sound like a hydro-electric provider, but it is moving into wind power for the first time, to sell Google 48MW of wind-generated renewable electricity to run the tech giant’s data centre in Pryor, Oklahoma. Greenpeace, which has criticised cloud providers who use dirty electricity, said the agreement is a model of how tech firms can influence the market and stimulate utilities to offer renewable power.

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