Tuesday, March 10, 2026

TUESDAY — TECHNOLOGY & WORK

“The unique thing about Form is it’s one of the only options out there on the market for that 100-plus-hour storage.”

— Michael Tian, Google

Google’s new Minnesota data center project is basically a clinic in “don’t be the new neighbor everyone hates” – funding 1.9 gigawatts of clean energy, covering all grid upgrade costs, and designing tariffs that protect existing ratepayers from footing the bill. It’s a playbook more tech giants should steal: the companies that solve for everyone’s constraints, not just their own, are the ones that get to build at scale. For more, Check out the article Inside Google’s Plan to Power a Minnesota Data Center with Wind and Rust.

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Stay safe. Stay healthy. Be strong. Lead well.

Chad