Here’s the real reason that I think Google entered into a contract earlier this month to buy clean power from a wind farm in Iowa: data centers.
Since the beginning of this year Google has maintained that its plans for Google Energy — a subsidiary that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved in February to be able to buy and sell energy on the whole sale markets — largely has to do with offsetting Google’s carbon footprint. It sounds reasonable. Google has plans to go carbon neutral.
via The Real Reason Google is Buying Wind Power.
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