Google solar power plant

Where will Google's solar power come from?

All together, this facility will utilize 1.3 million solar modules manufactured by First Solar at its Perrysburg, Ohio plant to produce 875 MW of power, about as much as an average-sized natural gas plant. The electricity will go to the Texas grid and help power Google's data centers in neighboring Ellis County and the surrounding areas.

Will Oklahoma solar farms power Google data center & AI?

A group of Oklahoma solar farms collectively generating a whopping 724 MW will power a Google data center and AI.

Could Google build a co-located power plant?

Intersect Power would develop, own, and operate the co-located power plant. Google would either build its data center at the same site or rent the data center campus from Intersect Power and purchase the electricity it generates.

Where are Google's solar farms located?

Leeward Renewable Energy announced that the solar farms are strategically sited to support Google’s operations and bolster Oklahoma’s grid. Construction has begun on the 372-MW Mayes County Solar Portfolio, located within a mile of Google’s data center in Pryor, Oklahoma, northeast of Tulsa.

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.

Will Google power Oklahoma's data centers with carbon-free energy by 2030?

“By partnering with Grand River Dam Authority and Leeward Renewable Energy, Google is furthering its ambition to power our facilities, including those in Oklahoma, with carbon-free energy around the clock by 2030,” said Amanda Peterson Corio, global head of data center energy at Google.