Google Ties Data Center to 20-Year Power Deal, Solar Investment

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is moving ahead with plans for a major data center in Michigan that features a 20-year electricity contract requiring it to cover the full expense of adding a haul of new clean power.

The agreement with DTE Energy Co. underscores the intense competition to connect such facilities to the power grid, as well as community concerns that such projects raise utility bills. The project expects to use as much as one gigawatt of electricity, with service starting in December 2027 and reaching full load in late 2028, DTE wrote in a regulatory filing on Tuesday.

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