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Google buys entire output of Arkansas solar farm to offset data center emissions

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Engadget ·

Google signed a deal to purchase 100% of the electricity from a large solar farm in Arkansas. The project, developed by Steel River Energy, will help offset emissions from Google's data centers. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Meridian48 take
This is a pragmatic move, but buying offsets doesn't reduce the absolute emissions from Google's growing data center fleet.
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