![]() ![]() Most recently, we invested in a next-generation geothermal project that will add “always on” carbon-free energy to the electric grid that serves Google’s data centers and infrastructure throughout Nevada, including our Cloud region in Las Vegas. This benefit-sharing model is a way to bring down the cost of batteries. During the rest of the year, we can use the battery to better match our electricity demand with CFE. The benefits of the battery system will be shared when the storage is needed most and is most valuable to the utility in the summer peaking hours, the utility can dispatch it for their system needs to reduce reliance on gas peakers. We also signed the largest corporate solar+storage agreement (350 MW of solar and 280 MW of storage) with our utility partner NV Energy in Nevada. For example, in Belgium, we installed battery-based systems for replacing backup generators at our hyper scale data centers, which will help us operate more cleanly when the power grid goes down and enable the grid itself to move towards a carbon-free future Second, there are technologies that allow us to better source, store and deploy carbon-free energy. As of 2021, we can now shift moveable compute tasks between different data centers, based on regional hourly carbon-free energy availability. In 2020, we announced a new carbon-intelligent computing platform designed and deployed for our hyperscale (meaning very large) data centers to shift the timing of many compute tasks to when low-carbon power sources, like wind and solar, are most plentiful. At the same time, we’ve deployed smart temperature, lighting, and cooling controls to further reduce the energy used at our data centers. For example, starting in 2014, we began using machine learning to automatically optimize cooling in our data centers. You can think of these in two categories.įirst, there are technologies that help us get smarter about the way we manage our electricity consumption. We’ve invested in a range of technologies that stand to move the needle significantly towards full decarbonization. What are the main technologies Google is using to move towards 24/7 carbon-free energy use in all its data centers and campuses? We also announced our most ambitious goal yet - to operate on 24/7 carbon-free energy in all our data centers, cloud regions and campuses worldwide by 2030, which we’ll achieve through investing in new technologies, pursuing new ways of transacting for clean energy, and supporting public policy that enables full grid decarbonization. We were the first major company to achieve this goal. In September of 2020, our CEO Sundar Pichai announced that Google had eliminated its entire carbon legacy, meaning that we had covered all our operational emissions before we became carbon neutral in 2007 through the purchase of high-quality carbon offsets. Okay, what does that carbon legacy consist of and how is the company going to achieve this? Last year, Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, said that the company is eliminating its entire carbon legacy. Michael Terrell, Google Director of Energy. ![]()
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