- Google’s planned partnership with a natural gas power plant in Texas could result in the emission of up to 4.5 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, exceeding the emissions of the city of San Francisco.
A planned gas-fired power plant at a Google data center in Texas would generate up to 4.5 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, more than the city of San Francisco.
Google’s plan for a partnership with a natural gas power plant that could provide energy for one of its data centers in Texas was unearthed by new research and confirmed by the company. The move is part of an ongoing about-face for the tech giant, which once pledged to be carbon neutral by 2030 and has long been seen as a pioneer in clean energy.
The gas power plant is slated to be built in Armstrong County, a sparsely populated area in the Texas panhandle. According to a report by the research organization Cleanview, the project is being led by Crusoe Energy, which partnered with Google to develop the data center campus known as “Goodnight,” named after a nearby town…