Google investing in western Iowa wind farm [View all]
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Andrew Nelson
DES MOINES — Online giant Google announced Thursday it was investing $75 million into a wind-energy farm under development in Iowa.
The deal is part of an overall plan for more Google investment in the Hawkeye State and in its Council Bluffs data center. Details of the plan will be announced Friday afternoon in a press conference at the Iowa State Capitol.
Council Bluffs is home to one of the eight data centers that power Google's Internet search engines and other services. Bluffs area officials, including Mayor Tom Hanafan and Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, are expected to attend.
The wind farm is being developed by RPM Access, a West Des Moines-based renewable energy company, near the town of Rippey, about 133 miles northeast of Omaha.
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