Oklahoma City: Google has agreed to purchase wind power from the Canadian Hills wind power project for its Oklahoma data centre, located in Mayes County about 170 miles northeast of Oklahoma City.
The internet giant will buy 48 megawatts of electricity from the project.
The company has been working with its local utility, the Grand River Dam Authority, to procure additional renewable energy since plugging in the Oklahoma data centre in 2011, Google said in release.
Google said the purchase brings the total amount of renewable energy it has contracted for to over 260 MW, Reuters reported.
One megawatt can power about 1,000 homes.
Boston-based power generator Atlantic Power Corp owns 99 percent of the 298-MW Canadian Hills wind farm, which is located in El Reno about 30 miles west of Oklahoma City, according to Atlantic Power’s website.
Atlantic Power said it sells all of the power from Canadian Hills to three power companies: Southwestern Electric Power Authority, the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority and Grand River Dam Authority.
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