Google buys output from two new Nordic wind farms


  • TECH
  • Friday, 01 Jul 2016

he new Google logo is seen at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California November 13, 2015. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/Files

OSLO: Google has bought future output from two yet to be built wind power farms in Norway and Sweden to power its datacentres in Europe, the company and farm developers said. 

Google said in a separate statement it has also agreed to buy power from a smaller wind farm project in Sweden, putting the total newly acquired capacity at 236 megawatts (MW). 

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