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Will Google power its data centers with carbon-free energy by 2030?

For its part, Google has pledged to power its data centers with round-the-clock carbon-free energy by 2030. That target is now threatened by Google’s growing appetite for power to feed its cloud-computing and AI ambitions and by the increasing challenge of getting new clean power built and connected to the grid.

Does Google have a solar-plus-storage project in Nevada?

Elsewhere, in Nevada, Google is developing a solar-plus-storage project to power its US$600 million data centre near Las Vegas, together with regional utility NV Energy.

Is Google implementing a battery energy storage system in Europe?

Google has hailed the imminent completion of a project to retrofit one of its data centres in Europe with battery energy storage system (BESS) technology as a step towards rolling out similar solutions across its fleet of global facilities.

How much energy is used at Saint-Ghislain data centre?

Image: Google / Centrica Business Solutions. Update 22 April 2022: Fluence said post-publication of this story that the BESS used at the Saint-Ghislain data centre is 2.75MW/5.5MWh, based on the company’s Gridstack sixth generation modular energy storage product.

Will Google 'colocate' with data centers?

On Tuesday, Google unveiled a first-of-its-kind strategic partnership to do exactly that. The tech giant and its partners aim to build $ 20 billion in renewable-energy and energy-storage assets by 2030 that will be “ colocated” with data centers.

Why is Google threatening its clean power target?

That target is now threatened by Google’s growing appetite for power to feed its cloud-computing and AI ambitions and by the increasing challenge of getting new clean power built and connected to the grid. The company reported in July that its emissions rose 13 percent in 2023 from the previous year and 48 percent since 2019.