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Google Data Center in Minnesota Would Be Powered by Wind, Energy Storage
Key Takeaway
This project highlights a major tech company's commitment to powering massive data center loads with large-scale renewable energy and storage, facilitated by a regulated utility structure.
AI Summary
- •Google is developing a 700-MW data center project in Hermantown, Minnesota.
- •The data center will be powered by a combination of wind energy and energy storage.
- •Minnesota Power will supply the electricity under an existing regulated rate structure.
- •This represents a substantial new load (700 MW) committing to renewable energy solutions within a regulated utility framework.
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Article Content
Minnesota Power has signed an electric service agreement (ESA) with Google for the energy needed to power a 700-MW data center project in the state. The companies on March 3 said the installation in Hermantown would operate under an existing regulated rate structure. The post Google Data Center in Minnesota Would Be Powered by Wind, Energy Storage appeared first on POWER Magazine .