Google announced a strategic collaboration with CTC Global Corporation, a leader in high-efficiency transmission technology, to fast-track the deployment of next-generation power grid solutions across the United States. The partnership aims to rapidly scale the adoption of CTC Global’s high-capacity, U.S.-manufactured advanced conductors, a proven technology that significantly enhances grid capacity and resilience at unprecedented speed.
This collaboration is focused on identifying and upgrading critical transmission lines through a Request for Information (RFI) to states, utilities, and transmission developers interested in unlocking latent grid potential. Leveraging advanced conductor technology like CTC Global’s ACCC® Conductor, projects have the potential to double transmission capacity within months—a sharp contrast to the years or even a decade it typically takes to develop new transmission infrastructure.
Reliable and efficient power transmission is essential to meeting the growing demands of America’s clean energy and digital future. This initiative is poised to drive regional economic development, enhance system reliability, support energy affordability, and deliver measurable benefits to both communities and industries nationwide.
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Under this new initiative, Google and CTC Global will work together to select transmission projects with the highest potential to rapidly expand capacity and impact, with a particular focus on areas experiencing fast-paced load growth—including regions where Google operates data centers.
“Expanding transmission capacity presents a significant opportunity for the power system today, and Google is committed to being a catalyst for a stronger and more reliable U.S. power grid. Expanded grid capacity will enable responsible data center growth underpinning the modern digital world, while also increasing affordability for consumers, boosting energy reliability, and accelerating key industries like manufacturing,” said Amanda Peterson Corio, Google Global Head of Data Center Energy. “Working with CTC Global, this partnership aims to dramatically cut the time and cost of adding and moving electricity to reliably power American homes and businesses.”