Google signs Japan solar farm deals to power data centers

CEC and Shizen Energy to build plants to raise renewable energy consumption

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 Google aims to have solar power and other renewable energy cover all the company's power consumption by 2030. (Source photos from Reuters and Clean Energy Connect)

SHIN WATANABE and TAIYO SUZUKI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Google has entered into an arrangement with Japanese renewable energy providers who will build solar farms dedicated to providing electricity to the company's data centers in Japan, Nikkei has learned.

Google recently signed corporate power purchase agreements with Clean Energy Connect (CEC) and Shizen Energy, marking the first time the company signed such contracts on Japanese soil.

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