Long Views

The Real Reason Google Is Buying Wind Power

  • Tuesday, July 27, 2010

This month, Google announced it will buy 114 MW of wind power from an Iowa wind farm, a move that could bring the overall costs of renewables in the U.S. down.

While Google has long maintained that Google Energy's plans will focus on helping the search engine giant reach carbon neutrality, ultimately there's one major reason why Google is tackling the energy markets beyond its carbon neutral claim: data centers.

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