Google strikes first-of-its-kind deal with a virtual power plant
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Google strikes first-of-its-kind deal with a virtual power plant
Google laid out the next steps in its plans to provide power for its AI data centers. On Wednesday the company announced a deal with the “virtual power plant” startup Voltus, in which Google will finance a program for parts of the Mid-Atlantic US grid that will pay other households and businesses to curb their consumption at certain times.It’s a first-of-its-kind deal, the companies said, that will free up 100 megawatts for Google’s use without …
Google to Fund Fake 100-MW "Virtual Power Plant" in PJM - Marcellus Drilling News
Google has partnered with Voltus to fund a three-year, 100-megawatt (MW) so-called “virtual power plant” in the PJM Interconnection (roughly the Marcellus/Utica region). VPPs are designed to address soaring data center demand. Voltus will “aggregate” distributed energy resources from residential, commercial, and industrial customers. We call foul. So-called VPPs are fake—they don’t actually exist. They...
Through a virtual power plant, Google hopes for more flexibility for the power grid and more capacity for its data centers. However, whether this bill is paid depends on private households.read more on t3n.de
Google has just funded a virtual power plant in the United States to power its data centers: thousands of thermostats and aggregated electric cars to calm the energy thirst of AI. In France, this mechanism has existed for twenty years.
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