Google to convert Alabama coal plant into renewable-powered data centre

Technology company says it will open 14th data centre at Widows Creek site in Jackson County that will be powered with 100% renewable energy Google will convert an old coal-fired power plant in rural Alabama into a data centre powered by renewable power, expanding the company’s move into the energy world.
The technology giant said on Wednesday that it would open its 14th data centre inside the grounds of the old coal plant, and had reached a deal with the Tennessee Valley Authority, the regio