Google bought all of a major solar farm's output to offset its dirty data center emissions
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Google has purchased the entire output of a major solar farm to mitigate emissions from its data centers.
The massive project will output 1.6GW of solar power upon startup, enough to power 315,000 homes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Topics covered
- solar power
- data center emissions
- renewable energy
- technology news
- Google initiatives
Keywords
- solar power
- data center
- emissions
- renewable energy
- solar farm
- technology news
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Google
Places: solar farm, 315,000 homes
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