Google Buys Community Goodwill With Small Town Power Deals

The claim: Google announced a series of partnerships and investments in West Memphis, Arkansas, designed to strengthen the local electrical grid and support community development initiatives alongside its new infrastructure project.

The reality: This is a standard public relations exercise to secure local zoning approval and cheap transmission access for a power-hungry server farm that will eventually draw megawatt-scale loads from the local utility.

Why should I care? You shouldn't
Another corporate PR exercise masking standard data centre infrastructure expansion with local charity work.

Read the original: Partnering to strengthen the grid and support local communities in Arkansas