“This long-term partnership with Baseload Capital, which includes an equity investment in the company, represents our latest step to accelerate the deployment of geothermal as a 24/7 clean energy technology across the Asia Pacific and globally,” Google noted.
“We are working to develop and commercialize the next generation of geothermal technologies through our enhanced geothermal project with Fervo Energy, and to uncover the potential of geothermal around the world with our subsurface data partnership with Project Innerspace. In the Asia-Pacific region, we are also partnering to advance new research into the development of geothermal energy in Australia.”
Google’s AI chip ambitions in Taiwan
Google is currently working with San Jose-based Broadcom to develop AI chips.
However, the company wants to tap Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) for low-cost, premium AI chips.