Google continues to broaden it business focus, now seeking permission to buy and resell electricity.
The search company has created a subsidiary called Google Energy and has applied for a recently created subsidiary to become an electricity marketer from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
In a filing with FERC in late December, the company indicated that it created the Google Energy subsidiary "to identify and develop opportunities to contain and manage the cost of energy for Google."
It is well known that Google is deeply interested in seeking alternative sources of energy and that, as the operator of large data centers worldwide, it faces high electricity costs.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9143498/
The search company has created a subsidiary called Google Energy and has applied for a recently created subsidiary to become an electricity marketer from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
In a filing with FERC in late December, the company indicated that it created the Google Energy subsidiary "to identify and develop opportunities to contain and manage the cost of energy for Google."
It is well known that Google is deeply interested in seeking alternative sources of energy and that, as the operator of large data centers worldwide, it faces high electricity costs.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9143498/