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Datacenter Power Agreements

Alphabet Inc. · 2026-11-08 · Importance 19 · Surprise 24

Michigan utility DTE Electric proposed two gas-fired power plants, with carbon capture and sequestration planned by 2035, partly to accommodate anticipated data centers from Oracle and Google. The article says critics consider carbon capture unproven for utilities and expensive, and notes public opposition to the plan. The report raises uncertainty around electricity supply for new data-center loads in Michigan; it does not identify a Google power contract or quantify Google's planned capacity.

Key facts

• A Michigan utility's expanded power-plant plan is believed to accommodate new data centers from Google, alongside Oracle. source