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How virtual power plants could provide energy for data centers

Would you take a payment to ramp down your electricity use? Would it change anything if you were doing so to help power a local data center? Google just signed a new deal to help pay for a virtual power plant (VPP) in the largest power grid in the US. The agreement is with Voltus

How virtual power plants could provide energy for data centers
MIT Tech Review โ€” 3 June 2026
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Would you take a payment to ramp down your electricity use? Would it change anything if you were doing so to help power a local data center? Google just signed a new deal to help pay for a virtual power plant (VPP) in the largest power grid in the US. The agreement is with Voltus,โ€ฆ

This report comes from MIT Tech Review. The story centres on How virtual power plants could provide energy for data centers. Full coverage and background context is available at the original source. Readers seeking more detail on this developing topic are encouraged to follow updates from MIT Tech Review and related outlets covering this beat.

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