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EDF Wind Farm to Provide Energy for a Google Data Center

Google has signed a deal with San Diego-based EDF Renewable Energy to purchase renewable energy for its Oklahoma-based data center.

The agreement will provide Google with the full output of the EDF’s 201 megawatt Great Western Wind Project located in Woodward and Ellis counties near the base of the Oklahoma panhandle. The project will commence construction in the first quarter of 2016 and be fully operational by end of the year, according to a joint news release.

This new agreement builds on the relationship forged between the two companies in 2012, when Google made a $200 million equity investment in EDF’s Spinning Spur Wind Project, a 161 megawatt facility located in Oldham County, Texas.

Google is the latest of EDF’s growing portfolio of corporate purchasers, including Procter & Gamble, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Groupo Modelo, and Walmart.

“The participation of Google to directly procure wind power demonstrates their understanding of both the environmental benefits of renewable energy as well as the business opportunity,” said Tristan Grimbert, CEO and president of EDF Renewable Energy, said in a statement. “Wind not only emits zero greenhouse gas emissions, but also delivers long-term energy price stability.”

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