The Conversation

Google’s proposed data center in orbit will face issues with space debris in an already crowded orbit

Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti receives funding from NASA and Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). He teaches space systems engineering and mission design and management at the University ...
The Conversation

Google plans to power a new data center with fossil fuels, yet release almost no emissions – here’s how its carbon capture tech works

Ramesh Agarwal does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
Fast Company

Google is spending $40 billion to build 3 new data centers in Texas

Google has 44 data centers in operation or in development around the world, but as demand for AI and the need for compute capacity grows, the company is getting started on three more. This latest ...
KTXS

Google's $40 billion Texas data center investment set to lead U.S. in global AI race

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Amarillo Globe-News

Google announces $40B plans for Texas AI data centers, including Armstrong County

Google announced it will invest $40 billion in Texas through 2027, adding three new data center campuses and launching major energy, water and workforce programs as the state strengthens its role as ...
Ars Technica

Meet Project Suncatcher, Google’s plan to put AI data centers in space

The tech industry is on a tear, building data centers for AI as quickly as they can buy up the land. The sky-high energy costs and logistical headaches of managing all those data centers have prompted ...
POWER Magazine

Google Commits to First U.S. Gas-Fired Power Plant with Integrated CCS for Data Centers

Google has signed a first-of-its-kind corporate offtake agreement to purchase power from a new 400-MW natural gas–fired cogeneration plant outfitted with carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Decatur, ...
New Scientist

Google says its quantum computer can reveal the structure of molecules

Researchers at Google Quantum AI have used their Willow quantum computer to help interpret data from Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, a mainstay of chemistry and biology research. The ...
WMAZ

Google spends $42M on 948 acres in Monroe County for massive data center project | Here's what we know

MONROE COUNTY, Ga. — Google has finalized the purchase of 948 acres along Rumble Road near Interstate 75 in Monroe County, paying $42.5 million for land that could house a future data center. The tech ...
TechCrunch

Google makes real-world data more accessible to AI — and training pipelines will love it

Google is turning its vast public data trove into a goldmine for AI with the debut of the Data Commons Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server — enabling developers, data scientists, and AI agents to ...
Network World

Google enlists new ‘free’ data transfer service as the EU Data Act deadline approaches

Google's new Data Transfer Essentials is designed to enable enterprises to transfer data between clouds at no cost for supported Google services, aligning with the EU Data Act and aiming to reduce ...
The New York Times

Google Avoids Harshest Penalties in Landmark Search Monopoly Ruling

Judge Amit P. Mehta said the company must hand over some of its search data to rivals, but did not force other big changes the U.S. wanted. By David McCabe David McCabe has covered the Google search ...