The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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Finnish police open criminal investigation into Google over reported mass tree felling at data center site
Google said it will "cooperate with the investigation"
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Google ordered to suspend site work at two data centers in Finland following tree clearing controversy
An estimated 250,000 trees were cleared at its Muhos site
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Google signs 1GW virtual power plant deal with Voltus
Biggest VPP deal signed by a hyperscaler to date
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Google-backed Symbiosis Coalition signs 320,000 ton carbon removal deal with agroforestry firm Working Trees
Will support the conversion of degraded cattle pastures in Brazil into mixed-species silvopasture systems
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Google expands partnership with Entergy Arkansas, will fund renewable energy and grid upgrades for West Memphis data center
Inks 440MW PPA and backs two BESS projects
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Google-backed carbon buying consortium Frontier signs $11.7m removal deal with 44.01
The contract covers 20,932 tons of carbon
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Google's EMEA energy team hiring for range of new positions
Further opportunities in the energy space at Google
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Google signs 20-year PPA with AEP for 702MW Wyoming fuel cell project
Fuel cells to be supplied by Bloom Energy
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IURC approves AES Indiana plan for $1.3bn solar, storage, and transmission project for Google data center in Monrovia
Google is expected to pay for all the costs associated with the project
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Google's global head of advanced energy departs company
Michael Terrell leaves Google after 19 years
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Google-backed Fervo Energy achieves first power at up to 900MW Cape Station geothermal plant in Utah
The first utility-scale enhanced geothermal project to achieve power
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Google inks deal to support nuclear uprates at Georgia Power's Vogtle and Hatch plants
Will add 96MW of additional capacity across the two plants
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Google-backed battery storage pilot in Texas demonstrates how BESS can improve hourly carbon-free matching for data centers
Pilot undertaken by Quintrace, esVolta, and LevelTen Energy
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Google inks multi-million ton carbon removal deal with ERW firm Terradot
The hyperscaler's largest carbon removal deal to date
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Google inks one million ton carbon removal deal with Mitti Labs in India
Credits generated by the company's methane-reduction projects in the rice farming sector
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Google signs nuclear PPA with Fortum in Loviisa, Finland
The company's first nuclear PPA outside of the US market
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Google's European energy and infrastructure principle joins Mistral Compute
Marc Oman joins as AI firm looks to deploy 1GW
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Google partners with MN8, Eos on West Virginia solar + storage project
Part of Google's efforts to commercialize long-duration storage technology
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Google inks 396MW geothermal PPA with Fervo in Utah
Largest geothermal offtake to date in the sector
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Google names 28 startups as part of second AI for Energy Accelerator program
Selects 12 companies in the US and 16 in Europe
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Google launches $6m R&D intiative for carbon removal, superpollutant abatement
Will offer funding to a range of carbon removal technologies
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Google signs 155MW solar PPA with RWE in Oklahoma
Second PPA Google has signed in the Sooner State this year
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Google signs vPPA with Cypress Creek for 2.45GW solar project in Arkansas - report
Tied to the Steel River Energy Center in Mississippi County
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Google inks carbon removal credits deal with Thryve.Earth for reforestation project in Sulawesi, Indonesia
The purchase was made through the Symbiosis Coalition
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European fusion company Proxima raises €411m with backing from Google
Latest fusion company to secure backing from the tech giant
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Google's electricity use grew 37 percent in 2025, largest annual rise to date
Claims to have matched its electricity consumption with 100 percent renewables
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Google, Energy Dome to develop 23MW energy storage project in Rhode, Ireland
Expected to come online in 2028
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Google appoints new head of data center energy & infrastructure in EMEA
Aris Karcanias joins to head team