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Google funds a 1GW virtual power plant with Voltus on the PJM grid
Homes and businesses across 13 states will cut their power use when the grid is strained, and get paid for it, with Google footing the bill.
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Google will fund a 1 gigawatt virtual power plant run by Voltus on the PJM grid, to supply capacity for its operations there. The deal adds 1,070 megawatts to the 100 megawatts the two agreed in June, the companies said on Thursday.
PJM serves 67 million customers across 13 states and the District of Columbia. The companies called the new capacity one of the largest known distributed portfolios a hyperscaler has deployed.
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