Google will invest $15 billion in Missouri infrastructure, including a new data center in New Florence, Montgomery County, in a project that pairs its expanding data center footprint with new generation commitments, a large-load cost-allocation framework, and Ameren Missouri rate structures designed to protect existing customers from infrastructure costs tied to large energy users. When [...]The post Google Pledges Power, Ratepayer Protections in $15B Missouri Data Center Expansion appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Google and Intersect, a clean energy developer Google acquired in March 2026, have launched construction on the Meitner Energy Center, a co-located data center and generation complex in the Texas Panhandle that will integrate more than 1 GW of wind, solar, and battery storage with on-site gas-fired generation for reliability firming. The project is located [...]The post Google Launches 1-GW-Plus Co-Located Data Center and Generation Complex in Texas Panhandle appeared first on POWER Magazine.