NEWS: Data centers are getting creative to get online quick.

Easier said than done: To speed things up, developers are turning to interesting pieces of equipment (like turbines designed for planes and gas generators plopped on semitrucks). But bringing high-polluting generation near neighborhoods is a sure-fire way to drum up local backlash. 

The alternative? Google is building a data center in Texas with over 1GW of co-located capacity—and avoiding the increasingly prevalent (and controversial) gas bridge. From day one, the company says it will run mainly on wind, solar and battery storage.