Google’s new Minnesota data center comes with the world’s largest battery—and won’t raise electric bills |
Google’s new Minnesota data center comes with the world’s largest battery—and won’t raise electric bills
The tech giant says it will fund enough new wind, solar, and long-duration storage to cover the project’s power demand and avoid shifting costs to ratepayers.
The Form Energy iron-air battery system en route to its first pilot site for commercial demonstration [Photo: Form Energy]
New data centers can lead to higher electric bills and lock in aging, outdated coal plants. But a Google project in Minnesota takes a different approach: The tech giant is paying to build enough clean power that existing customers won’t foot the bill, and the grid will get innovative new tech—a massive battery that will be the largest by capacity in the world.
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