NIPSCO Signs 12-Year Deal to Power Google and Amazon Data Centers with Merom Coal Plant
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NIPSCO GenCo signed a 12-year contract with Halldor Energy Company to power new Google (Michigan City) and Amazon data centers using the Merom coal-fired power plant. This marks Google's first data center in the U.S. to contract for a coal plant's capacity, according to the Sierra Club. The deal is seen as an unprecedented step by utilities capitalizing on the AI data center boom, while raising concerns about Indiana residents potentially bearing the costs and environmental impacts.
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The Michigan City data center would be Google's first in the country to contract for a coal plant's capacity, to Sierra Club knowledge
an unprecedented step for utilities looking to take advantage of the AI data center boom
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