Documents show that one of Google’s new data centers would be powered by a natural gas plant that emits millions of tons of emissions each year—an increasingly common trend in the industry.

Documents show that one of Google’s new data centers would be powered by a natural gas plant that emits millions of tons of emissions each year—an increasingly common trend in the industry.

This is sized at ~10% of the emissions of California’s electric generation per year, so enough to be quite meaningful.

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  • rhythmisaprancer@piefed.socialEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I want to see what these natural gas generators look like. I have seen a spike of some type of gas equipment going down the highway but they don’t necessarily look like photos I see in internet searches.

    I only associate these things with gas from having spent time in oil and gas fields, and I don’t see them on the road this often (until now).