谷歌转向电力领域，以加快数据中心审批

⾕歌转向电⼒领域，以加快数据中⼼审批 Company acquired Intersect Power, becoming the first tech giant to own an electricityproducer. ByMiles Kruppa Jan13,2026,6:00am PST One month beforeGooglepaid $4.8 billion for Intersect Power, the tech giant had a message for federal energyregulators: They should fast-track approvals for data centers that supply some of their own power. Intersect does just that, producing power for data centers to allow them to operate without relying entirely on the grid.Google’s purchase of Intersect is thefirst step by a major tech company to acquire a power producer and could give it alead if regulators green-light the changes it’s proposing. Google is acquiring Intersect Power, making itfirst tech giant to own an electricity producer. Google aims to fast-track data center approvals with self-generated power. ⾕歌希望通过⾃发电来加快数据中⼼审批进程。 Facing grid strain, tech companies are building more self-sufficient data centers. ⾯对电⽹压⼒，科技公司正在建设更加⾃给⾃⾜的数据中⼼。 Powered byDeep Research由Deep Research提供⽀持 The regulators’ response, due by April, will help make or break a growing effort by AI developers to build data centercomplexes that produce some of their own power. Speeding projects like these would ease some of the pressure AI isputting on the power grid while allowing giant data centers to continue to sprout across the country. 监管机构预计在4⽉前给出的回应，将在很⼤程度上决定AI开发商推动建设可⾃⾏发电的数据中⼼园区这⼀⽇益增长的努⼒是成是败。加快此类项⽬的推进，既能缓解AI给电⼒系统带来的部分压⼒，又能让⼤型数据中⼼继续在全国各地不断涌现。 Tech companies traditionally relied on the grid for nearly all of the electricity required to power their data centers. Nowthey are facing long waits to connect to the grid and political opposition due to rising electricity costs. Goldman Sachs inNovemberestimatedone-quarter to one-third of the electricity required for new data centers through 2030 will comefrom energy sources other than utilities. 科技公司传统上⼏乎完全依赖电⽹来为其数据中⼼提供所需电⼒。如今，由于电⼒成本上升，它们在接⼊电⽹时⾯临漫长的等待以及政治层⾯的反对。⾼盛在11⽉估计，到2030年，新建数据中⼼所需电⼒中，有四分之⼀到三分之⼀将来⾃公⽤事业之外的能源来源。 President Donald Trump on Monday said he was working with tech companies includingMicrosofton ways to avoidpassing on the costs of their data center expansions to ratepayers, writing on Truth Social that the companies must “paytheir own way.” Google said last month the Intersect acquisition would add to its ongoing efforts to minimize costs forgrid customers. 美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周⼀表⽰，他正在与包括微软在内的科技公司合作，寻找避免将其数据中⼼扩建成本转嫁给电⼒⽤户的⽅式，并在Truth Social上发⽂称，这些公司必须“⾃掏腰包”。⾕歌上⽉表⽰，收购Intersect将有助于其持续努⼒，尽量降低电⽹⽤户的成本。 In a 2024 regulatoryfiling, Google said difficulties connecting to the grid had caused “significant and sometimes fataldelays to new generation projects that we’ve partnered with to meet our growing demand.” Intersect builds large-scalepower infrastructure using mostly solar and batteries. 在2024年的⼀份监管⽂件中，⾕歌表⽰，接⼊电⽹的困难已导致其为满⾜不断增长的需求⽽合作的新发电项⽬出现“重⼤且有时是致命的延误”。Intersect主要利⽤太阳能和电池建设⼤型电⼒基础设施。 A Google spokesperson said its regulatory comments last year focused on minimizing the need for upgrades to theelectrical grid, and the company is pursuing a range of options to meet its power needs. An Intersect spokesperson didnot respond to requests for comment for this article. ⾕歌的⼀位发⾔⼈表⽰，去年其向监管机构提交的意见主要聚焦于尽量减少对电⼒电⽹升级的需求，公司正在寻求多种⽅案来满⾜其⽤电需求。Intersect的⼀位发⾔⼈未回应本⽂的置评请求。 Google was working on ways to pair on-site power generation with energy from the grid before purchasing Intersect. Ithas fundedresearch projectsat Princeton University’s well-known energy research group Zero Lab, which argued infavor of Google’s approach to powering data centers. Parent company Alphabet has also incubated a company workingon grid management software. 在收购Intersect之前，⾕歌⼀直在研究将现场发电与电⽹能源相结合的⽅法。它资助了普林斯顿⼤学知名的能源研究团队ZeroLab的研究项⽬，该团队曾为⾕歌的数据中⼼供电⽅案进⾏论证。母公司Alphabet还孵化了⼀家从事电⽹管理软件开发的公司。 Try askingDeep Research to… 不妨试着向“深度研究”提出以下问题…… Whatis next for Apple after the recent executiveexodus? IsGoogle actually a threat to OpenAI and Nvidia? ⾕歌真的会对OpenAI和英伟达构成威胁吗？ 近来多名⾼管离职之后，苹果接下来将⾛向何⽅？ Whatmajor market shifts will define the AI Agentcompetitive landscape in 2026? Howdoes Broadcom factor into the AI chip race withNvidia, AMD and others? 哪些重⼤的市场变化将定义2026年AI Agent的竞争格局？ 博通在与英伟达、AMD等公司展开的AI芯⽚竞赛中扮演着怎样的⻆⾊？ Google last year agreed to purchase power from hydroelectric facilities run by Brookfield in Pennsylvania and said itplanned to spend $25 billion over two years building AI data centers in the PJM Interconnection region, which spans themid-Atlantic. ⾕歌去年同意从布鲁克菲尔德在宾⼣法尼亚州运营的⽔电设施购买电⼒，并表⽰计划在两年内投⼊250亿美元，在覆盖⼤西洋中部地区的PJM互联电⽹区域建设⼈⼯智能数据中⼼。 Google began working with Intersect in 2024 on a data center project in Texas powered largely by solar panels andmade an investment in the company. Google pointed to the Intersect project in afiling that year as an example of howon-site power generation could help shore up the grid. ⾕歌于2024年开始与Intersect合作，在得克萨斯州推进⼀个主要由太阳能板供电的数据中⼼项⽬，并对该公司进⾏了投资。⾕歌在当年的⼀份申报⽂件中提到了Intersect项⽬，作为现场发电如何有助于⽀撑电⽹的⼀个例⼦。 Unlike some tech companies, Google has also supported rules that would prioritize data center proje