Google signed a $ 2 billion contract to buy water electricity

Google announced on Tuesday that it has finalized a $ 2 billion contract with Brookfield to buy water from the company.

The first clauses of the agreement include a 5 -year electricity purchase contract, which is a total of $ 5 billion and a capacity of 2 megawatts of two water plants in Pennsylvania. The agreement is part of a broader contract that allows Google to buy up to 5 GW of electricity capacity.

Google has turned to water electricity to supply its datacenters

The agreement comes as Google and the company’s main competitors, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft, are seeking electricity for their data centers. These data centers are used to maintain, train and host artificial intelligence tools; Tools that are the founder of the current boom in the technology sector.

The new demand for technology companies has re -enhanced nuclear energy, reinforced gas power generation, and re -focused attention on renewable energy. Google has invested tens of billions of dollars to ensure sustainable electricity.

Meta has also bought a nuclear power plant, and Microsoft has signed a contract to supply electricity from a nuclear power plant.

In addition, investing in renewable energy provides an attractive opportunity for these companies to continue moving in the Net-Zero target, even by increasing carbon emissions caused by the expansion of their data centers.

Brokenfield Renewable Energy Partners, which runs renewable energy power plants in the United States, announced that its two power plants in Pennsylvania, Holtwood and Saif Harbor will be renovated and upgraded to implement new requirements.

Experts have warned, however, that the supply of artificial intelligence datasers can become a new challenge for companies. It may also challenge the high power consumption of these centers.