Google to Buy Clean Power From Buffett’s Nevada Utility
- Geothermal energy would supply Google’s data centers
- Data center boom pushing up electricity demand nationwide
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Alphabet Inc.’s Google has partnered with a Nevada utility and a geothermal energy startup to run data centers on electricity derived from the earth’s own heat.
Startup Fervo Energy will develop a geothermal power plant supplying 115 megawatts of electricity to NV Energy Inc., a subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy, according to a statement from Google. NV Energy will then sell the electricity to Google, under an agreement that still needs to be approved by state regulators.