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Google says it can build data centers the right way. Some experts and residents are skeptical
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If there's one thing most Americans can agree on, it's that they don't want a data center in their backyard.
Key facts
- Google, whose cloud business powers its own Gemini AI and brought in nearly $25 billion in second-quarter revenue, an 82% increase from a year earlier, says it has found a model
- Pine Island, Minnesota, is a small town of about 4,000 residents an hour southeast of Minneapolis
- They're like, well, it's easier for me to contract one data center that's one gigawatt in size than figuring out how to do something on the order of 40 data centers that are 25 megawatts each
- A Gallup survey conducted in March found that 71% of Americans opposed the construction of a data center in their local area
Summary
A Gallup survey conducted in March found that 71% of Americans opposed the construction of a data center in their local area. Now Google is betting that a massive AI data center can help finance a cleaner, more reliable power grid. Under the agreement, Google would help pay for the added capacity and continue paying, even if it doesn't use all of the power. Pine Island, Minnesota, is a small town of about 4,000 residents an hour southeast of Minneapolis.