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Google behind proposed Hermantown data center

HERMANTOWN, Minn. — Google has lifted the veil of secrecy that shrouded a controversial proposal to build a massive data center in the rural southwest corner of this city. The firm took public ...
POWER Magazine

Google Data Center in Minnesota Would Be Powered by Wind, Energy Storage

Minnesota Power has signed an electric service agreement (ESA) with Google for the energy needed to power a data center project in the state. The companies on March 3 said the installation in ...
Ars Technica

Google quantum-proofs HTTPS by squeezing 15kB of data into 700-byte space

Google on Friday unveiled its plan for its Chrome browser to secure HTTPS certificates against quantum computer attacks without breaking the Internet. The objective is a tall order. The ...
UPI

S. Korea conditionally approves Google's overseas transfer of high-precision map data

The government on Friday decided to allow global tech giant Google to transfer government-supplied high-precision map data of South Korea to its overseas facilities, contingent on supplementary ...
CSOonline

‘Silent’ Google API key change exposed Gemini AI data

Google Cloud API keys, normally used as simple billing identifiers for APIs such as Maps or YouTube, could be scraped from websites to give access to private Gemini AI project data, researchers from ...
Bleeping Computer

Previously harmless Google API keys now expose Gemini AI data

Google API keys for services like Maps embedded in accessible client-side code could be used to authenticate to the Gemini AI assistant and access private data. Researchers found nearly 3,000 such ...
WDBJ

Google Data Center’s expected water use made public

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - The Western Virginia Water Authority this week released records detailing Google’s projected water use at a planned data center in Botetourt County, following a ...
CNBC

Google to build data center in Minnesota with new solar, wind power and battery storage

Google will build its first data center in Minnesota in a small town called Pine Island. The tech company will also bring 1,900 megawatts of new renewable energy to the state under an agreement with ...
Electrek

Google secures 1 GW solar deal as Texas data‑center load surges

TotalEnergies just landed a massive solar deal to power Google’s expanding Texas data centers. The company signed two long‑term power purchase agreements (PPA) totaling 1 gigawatt (GW) of capacity, or ...
BGR

Google Can Now Remove Even More Of Your Sensitive Data From Search Results

Google launched a "Results about you" privacy and security feature for Google Search a few years ago, a tool that lets you request the removal of personal data from search results, which can come in ...
Virginia Business

Google could spend $3B building Botetourt data centers

Documents recently filed with the state reveal the scope of the data center campus Google is planning in Botetourt County. On the 312-acre parcel Google purchased at the Botetourt Center at Greenfield ...