Sheldon Kimber on Why Google Paid $4.75 Billion for His Power Company
In March, Google paid $4.75 billion to buy Intersect — the first time a Big Tech giant has bought a clean energy developer.
Jigar and Jamie talk with Sheldon about why Google decided it had to own a power company, how the race to build data centers is reshaping the American grid, and what it actually takes to build gigawatt-scale energy next door to small Texas towns.
Along the way: why he says his power plants are more stabilizing than a nuclear reactor, the on-air rematch of the LinkedIn argument where Jigar and Sheldon go at it over off-grid data centers, and a rare, candid turn on mental…
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