Google Launches 1-GW-Plus Co-Located Data Center and Generation Complex in Texas Panhandle

Google Launches 1-GW-Plus Co-Located Data Center and Generation Complex in Texas Panhandle

Google and Intersect, a clean energy developer Google acquired in March 2026, have launched construction on the Meitner Energy Center, a co-located data center and generation complex in the Texas Panhandle that will integrate more than 1 GW of wind, solar, and battery storage with on-site gas-fired generation for reliability firming. The project is located […] The post Google Launches 1-GW-Plus Co-Located Data Center and Generation Complex in Te…

Google Bets on a ‘Power-First’ Model for AI Data Centers

Google’s Texas AI campus pairs a data center with 1 GW of generation, testing a “power-first” model as hyperscalers chase scarce electricity.

Google, Intersect launch 1GW-plus clean energy-backed data centre project in Texas

Tech giant Google and US renewable energy developer Intersect have partnered to develop a new data centre and energy complex in Texas.

Google and Intersect Advance 1 GW Meitner Energy Center in Gray County, Texas

Google and Intersect have announced construction of the Meitner Energy Center, a landmark data infrastructure project spanning Gray and Roberts Counties in the Texas Panhandle. The development centres on a hyperscale data center built directly alongside more than a gigawatt of wind, solar, and battery storage systems, a configuration Intersect describes as a “power first” […] The post Google and Intersect Advance 1 GW Meitner Energy Center in Gr…