Google plans to power a new data center with fossil fuels, yet release almost no emissions – here’s how its carbon capture tech works

By: Ramesh Agarwal, Washington University in St. Louis, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: December 2, 2025

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Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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By Ramesh Agarwal, Washington University in St. Louis

As AI data centers spring up across the country, their energy demand and resulting greenhouse gas emissions are raising concerns. With servers and energy-intensive cooling systems constantly running, these buildings can use anywhere from a few megawatts of power for a small data center to more than 100 megawatts for a hyperscale data center. To put that in perspective, the average large natural gas power plant built …

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