DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - The Energy & Sustainability Channel, Meta
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Meta signs 144MW solar PPA with Apex in Texas
Seventh agreement between the two companies
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Meta leaves RE100 climate initiative - report
Due to increase in natural gas procurement
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Meta inks 172MW solar PPA with Lightsource BP in Acadia Parish, Louisiana
Construction on the solar farm expected to start this year
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Meta signs 220MW PPA with Sabanci in Texas
Adds to a growing renewable portfolio in the state
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Frontier consortium to invest a further $915m into carbon removal tech
Anthropic joins the team
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Meta inks 298MW solar PPA with RWE in Bowie County, Texas
Fourth PPA between the two companies
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Meta signs 180MW solar PPA with Zelestra in Freestone County, Texas
Brings the total contracted capacity between the two companies to 1.4GW
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Meta's Andrew Rudersdorf joins Anthropic's data center energy team
As Anthropic expands, and Meta contracts
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Elemental Impact launches intitiative with major hyperscalers to accelerate energy and materials technology development
Partner companies include Amazon, Google, Meta, and Microsoft
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XGS partners with Baker Hughes to advance Meta-linked 150MW geothermal project in New Mexico
Baker Hughes will provide engineering services for the project
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Meta expands clean energy partnership with Enbridge, inks solar + storage deal in Wyoming
Adds to 600MW PPA signed last year in Texas
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Meta signs PPAs with Desri for 850MW of power across three US states
Projects span Oklahoma, Texas, and Mississippi
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Meta signs 250MW PPA with EDP Renewables NA in Arkansas
Project expected to be operational in 2028
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Meta's head of energy leaves social network giant
Urvi Parekh departs after 10 years at the company
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Meta signs up to 1GW space solar energy deal with Overview Energy
Commercial power delivery is slated for 2030
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Meta signs up to 1GW supply deal with long duration energy storage firm Noon Energy
Its first deal within the long duration storage space
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Data center lobby secured EU provision to keep environmental impact data confidential - report
Includes the likes of Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta
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Meta inks 80MW solar PPA with MN8 in Juniata County, Pennsylvania
Project expected to be energized by the end of the year
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Big tech firms account for 49% of corporate clean energy deals over 2025 - report
Meta, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft dominate clean energy procurement, as overall PPA volumes fall by 10 percent
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Trump admin pushes data center companies to commit to pact on energy prices and water usage
Following earlier deal with Microsoft
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Meta signs 176MWdc solar PPA with Zelestra in Texas
Brings the total contracted capacity between the two companies to 1.2GW
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Meta-backed geothermal firm XGS signs supply agreement with Vallourec for 150MW project in New Mexico
Will support the development of a 150MW project tied to an offtake deal with Meta
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Frontier makes $2m R&D investment in two low-carbon lime companies
Aims to support the scaling of the technology
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Meta inks solar PPA with Origis Energy in Texas
Will offtake power from 303MW solar project
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Frontier signs two pre-purchase carbon removal deals with Pronoe and Cella
The Meta and Google-backed consortium committed a combined $3.05m to the companies
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Exus Renewables closes $400m credit facility to fund growth to meet surging US data center demand
Proceeds to fund a range of projects including buying equipment
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Meta secures up to 6.6GW of nuclear power from TerraPower, Oklo, and Vistra
One of the largest nuclear deals in the sector to date
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Treaty Oak closes financing and begins construction on two Meta-tied solar projects in Louisiana
Projects have a combined capacity of 385MW