Eco Factor: Google to use wind energy to power data centers.
Google takes a huge step towards sustainability by entering into a power purchase agreement with NextEra Energy, North America’s leading generator of wind power. The Internet search engine giant announced that it will buy 14 megawatts of clean, renewable energy from NextEra’s Story II Wind Energy Center in Iowa for the next twenty years.
This wind power will be used to supply energy to several Google data centers. The 150-megawatt Story II Wind Energy Center will start delivering power to Google from July 30, 2010. Over the past decade NextEra Energy has been seen growing from 500 megawatts to more than 7,600 megawatts. Today this wind energy supplier has more than 9,000 wind turbines in operation at 77 wind farms in 17 states and Canada.
Via: Engadget
