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Google Campus to Become Solar-powered

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the off-the-grid dept.

prostoalex writes "Reuters is reporting that Google is equipping its headquarters with a solar panel 'capable of generating 1.6 megawatts of electricity, or enough to power 1,000 California homes.' This will make Google's Mountain View campus the largest solar-powered office complex in the United States."

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  1. Re:Commendable by JymmyZ · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I don't think there's enough space in all of California that could be covered in the solar panels needed to power their data centers. Maybe if they bought New Mexico and turned it into one big panel array though.

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  2. Payback? by Nick9000 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I wonder what the energy payback period is expected to be? I've heard up to thirty years for solar panels, which has always put me off because I would guess in 5-10 years there will be improvements in the amount of energy a panel can produce.