Google building data center at Alabama power plant site

Google is converting an old coal-burning power plant in Alabama into a sleek data center running on renewable energy to fuel the additional computing capacity needed to process Internet search requests, show digital video, give directions, deliver email and store photos. The $600 million project announced Wednesday marks Google’s first commitment in eight years to build a U.S. data center. It will be the Internet company’s 14th data center in the world, including six others in the U.S.
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