A New Google-Funded Data Center Will Be Powered by a Massive Gas Plant
A New Google-Funded Data Center Will Be Powered by a Massive Gas Plant
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A New Google-Funded Data Center Will Be Powered by a Massive Gas Plant
Documents show that one of Google’s new data centers would be powered by a natural gas plant that emits millions of tons of emissions each year—an increasingly common trend in the industry.

Documents show that one of Google’s new data centers would be powered by a natural gas plant that emits millions of tons of emissions each year—an increasingly common trend in the industry.
This is sized at ~10% of the emissions of California's electric generation per year, so enough to be quite meaningful.
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