Google Inc has requested permission to become a direct buyer and seller of electricity in the U.S. oversight. The purpose of obtaining a license for the purchase and sale of energy – the optimization of its own huge energy consumption.

In the statement of the Federal Commission on Energy, the U.S. division of Google – Energy LLC requested official permission to control the volume and cost of energy for data centers Google.

This practice is fairly common and have similar permissions and other companies, whose work requires enormous energy. Among the 1,500 companies that have such permission, – Alcoa and the store chain Safeway and Walmart.

Representatives of information technology and telecommunications annually consume about 120 billion kilowatt hours – 3% of total U.S. energy consumption. The rapid growth of data centers requires the construction of two large power plants per year to maintain the stability of power systems.

Google announced that his office will act as a market participant, reselling part of a major energy consumers. In addition, the company will provide additional services such as supply and transportation of fuel.