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Published: 18 Dec 2020, 12:13 By: Andy Colthorpe The Google data center in Belgium was the company s first to add on-site solar generation. Image: Google. Google is investing in battery energy storage to serve as a backup power solution at one of its data centres, in a project described as a first step in changing data centres “from climate change problems to critical components in carbon-free systems”. Google’s data centre in Saint-Ghislain, Belgium, was the search engine and web services giant’s first facility to add on-site solar generation, adding a 2.8MW solar array in 2017 to complement various other energy efficiency measures that had already been put in place. ....
Google Looks to Batteries as Replacement for Diesel Generators The blinking lights of racks of Google servers glow in a darkened data hall in St. Ghislain, Belgium. (Image: Google) Google will use large batteries to replace the diesel generators at one of its data centers in Belgium, describing the project as a first step towards using cleaner technologies to provide backup power for its millions of servers around the world. “Our project in Belgium is a first step that we hope will lay the groundwork for a big vision: a world in which backup systems at data centers go from climate change problems to critical components in carbon-free energy systems,” said Joe Kava, Vice President for Data Centers at Google. “We’re aiming to demonstrate that a better, cleaner solution has advanced far enough to keep the internet up and running.” ....