Google commits US$17 billion to its first Wyoming data centre, powered by 702 MW of fuel cells with carbon capture and cooled by air

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Google says it will build its first data centre in Wyoming, in Laramie County near Cheyenne, as a US$17 billion long-term investment with Tallgrass Energy, Black Hills Energy, American Electric Power and Related Digital. Power is contracted with AEP from a planned 702 MW natural gas fuel cell development with carbon capture and storage, using Bloom Energy fuel cells, with the captured carbon stored at Tallgrass's Eastern Wyoming Sequestration Hub. Google says it will pay for 100% of the power it uses, and WyoFile reports the company said the site will be air-cooled to limit water use. On 6 November Crusoe said Google had acquired the site, which Crusoe and Tallgrass had developed, on undisclosed terms, Reuters reports. DCD reports construction is slated to finish by 2031. Capacity of the campus was not disclosed by Google.

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