US EditionGoogle signs AES, Xcel supply deals to meet data-center energy needs
- Yesterday, the City of Pine Island approved $36 million in incentives for Google to build a 250,000-square-foot data center on roughly 88 acres, as the first tenant of Project Skyway.
- Ryan Companies, the developer of Project Skyway, pursued tenants after acquiring the site and views Google as an endorsement of its vision, with the city’s two-phased abatement signaling it as a long-term asset.
- The project will create about 100 full-time jobs and roughly 500 construction jobs, generating an estimated $131,000,000 in new property taxes and roughly $27,000,000 for city and Pine Island Public Schools funds.
- Xcel Energy and Google agreed to add 1,900 megawatts of clean energy to the grid, with Google funding grid expansions and paying 100% of electricity costs, pending Minnesota Public Utility Commission approval before construction starts.
- With water use a central concern, the Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy sued on Oct. 16, seeking a deeper impact statement, with a hearing scheduled for April 6 in Goodhue County District Court.
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Google set to build data center near Rochester
Google announced on Tuesday that it is building a data center in Pine Island, Minn. near Rochester. The tech giant is partnering with Xcel Energy on the project, and says it will pay for all costs associated with electricity (the agreement still needs approval from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission). “The Google data center in Pine Island will be used to support Google’s core services, such as Workspace, Search, YouTube and Maps, a press…
The company building SE Minn. data center is revealed
PINE ISLAND, Minn. — Google is building a 250,000-square-foot data center as the first tenant for “Project Skyway,” a 482-acre technology park in Pine Island developed by Minneapolis-based Ryan Companies. Construction is expected to begin before the end of the year, according to Peter Fitzgerald, vice president of real estate development for Ryan Companies. The tech giant will bring 100 permanent full-time jobs to Pine Island as well as roughly …
Google signs AES, Xcel supply deals to meet data-center energy needs
Alphabet's Google doubled down on efforts to secure power supply for its data centers across the country by entering into separate agreements with U.S. utilities, AES Corp and Xcel Energy , on Tuesday.
Xcel partners with Google to bring new data center to Pine Island, Minnesota with heavy investment in "clean energy"
Google plans to build a large data center in Pine Island, Minnesota in partnership with Xcel Energy. The Public Utilities Commission will still have to sign off on the deal which includes a $50 million investment in clean energy.
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