This is the model of data center development we should all be advocating for.
Google is building 1.4 GW of solar and wind capacity to power their 840 MW data center and using basically no water.
This project also helps explain why Google paid $4.75 billion for Intersect Power, the developer of Meiter Energy Center.
Intersect has gigawatts of clean energy capacity in the Texas interconnection queue. Thanks to a new rule passed last year, they can effectively share that interconnection with data centers.
So rather than wait 5+ years to bring online a 840 MW data center, Google is going to bring it online in October 2027.






