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Google buys stake in Taiwan solar firm to offset regional emissions

Google has purchased a stake in a BlackRock-backed solar firm amid cries that the AI boom is worsening Big Tech's carbon footprint.
Olivia Peluso
Olivia Peluso
Google buys stake in Taiwan solar firm to offset regional emissions
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Google on Monday said it had purchased a stake in Taiwan’s New Green Power to develop a 1 gigawatt (GW) pipeline of new solar capacity in Taiwan.

New Green Power, which is owned by a fund managed by BlackRock’s Climate Infrastructure business, is one of the leading solar developers in Taiwan. Google will make an unspecified capital investment “to facilitate the buildout of its large-scale solar pipeline,” though it is yet to be approved by regulators. 

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