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Google Builds New Data Center in Texas
On Thursday, Google announced that it had begun construction of the Meitner Energy Center, a clean energy hub that will also house a new data center. The company is working with Intersect, the renewable energy developer it finished acquiring in March in a $4.5 billion deal, to build the facility in Gray and Roberts counties in Texas.
According to Google, the new data center will be supplied with more than one gigawatt of power from wind and solar sources, as well as battery storage systems. It noted that the facility will be powered mostly by clean energy sources, with only a minority coming from on-site gas.
“The data center will join Google’s global network that powers services people and businesses rely on every day, including Search, Gmail, Maps, Cloud, online banking, and 911 systems,” the companies said in a statement.
