en.Wedoany.com Reported - Google and U.S. renewable energy developer Intersect Power have entered the construction phase for the Meitner Energy Centre, a co-located project in Gray County and Roberts County, Texas. The project pairs a Google data center with over 1 gigawatt of wind, solar, and battery storage capacity.
The project adopts a "power-first" development model, with new generation facilities built concurrently with the data center. During initial operations, most electricity will be supplied directly from the co-located renewable energy assets, with only a small portion provided by on-site natural gas generation to ensure peaking capacity and operational reliability.
Water usage is a key constraint for new data centers. The facility will use advanced air cooling technology, significantly reducing operational water demand compared to traditional evaporative cooling systems. Google also plans to build the Caprock Workforce Hub in neighboring Wheeler County, an 800-acre residential facility capable of housing up to 3,500 construction workers.
Andrew Hart, Google's regional head of data center public affairs, stated that this investment aims to deepen the partnership with Texas, with the goal of not only building a data center but also being a good neighbor to the local community—investing in local priorities, protecting water and energy resources from day one, and building the future together with residents.
The announcement comes amid widespread attention on the electricity demand driven by the expansion of hyperscale data centers in the U.S., particularly in regions with rapidly growing AI workloads. By adding dedicated energy capacity rather than relying entirely on existing grid resources, the project helps alleviate pressure on local power infrastructure.
This is the second large-scale co-located energy and data center project between Google and Intersect. The previous collaboration was the Quantum Clean Energy Project in Haskell County, which combines 640 megawatts of solar capacity and 1.3 gigawatt-hours of battery storage with a data center campus. To support its data center expansion in the U.S., Google completed the acquisition of Intersect Power shares held by asset manager TPG Rise Climate in March 2026 for $4.75 billion, a deal initiated in December 2025.
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