Google: Major electricity system reform required to deliver clean energy transition

Cecilia Keating
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A Google data centre | Credit: Google
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A Google data centre | Credit: Google

Business and government must work together to push for policies that fast-track the clean energy transition, tech giant argues

Google, the world's second largest corporate buyer of renewable energy, has today provided an update on its push to operate its data centres, warehouses, and offices on round-the-clock clean electricity...

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