A strategic partnership between Google, Intersect Power, and TPG Rise Climate aims to develop industrial parks housing data centers powered by co-located clean energy plants across the United States. The first phase is expected to be operational by 2026, with full completion in 2027. This initiative addresses two pressing challenges: the exponential growth in data center power demands and grid constraints in accommodating load increases. The typical time from proposal to construction for U.S. power projects has more than doubled, from less than two years for projects built in 2000-2007 to more than four years for those built in 2018-2023. … Continue reading Google, Intersect Power, and TPG’s $20B Plan to Meet 160% Data Center Energy Demand Surge by 2030