Google Advances Green Goal With AES Deal for Carbon-Free Power

is pushing efforts to roll back the most comprehensive biometric privacy law in the U.S., even as the company and its peers face heightened scrutiny after the unauthorized sharing of data at Facebook Inc.

AES, an international power plant developer, said the deal will result in the construction of 500 megawatts of solar, wind, small-scale hydroelectric and battery storage projects and supply will begin later this year, according to a statement Tuesday.

Last year, Google said that it wants to make sure all of the electricity it uses for its data centers and offices will be 100% renewable by 2030.

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