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Engie to offer Meta with 260 MW of energy from United States solar plant

Facebook owner Meta Platforms will purchase all the output of Engie's planned U.S. Sypert solar power plant, the French energy said on Thursday, in line with efforts to utilize eco-friendly sources to cover a dataled rise in demand.

The plant, with a projected output of 260 megawatts (MW),. is anticipated to start running in late 2025, Engie said.

As soon as functional, it will contribute to the existing Engie. portfolio of around 8 GW (gigawatts) of renewable projects. including solar, wind and battery storage in operation or. construction throughout The United States and Canada, the company included.

Previously this month, Engie revealed a power purchase. contract with Google for the supply of solar energy. from its Chillingham plant, its largest U.S. solar job to. date.

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has actually asked big. innovation companies to buy clean power generation to. cover a surge in demand driven by innovations such as. generative AI.

U.S. data centre power usage is anticipated to roughly triple. between 2023 and 2030 and will need about 47 GW of new. generation capability, according to Goldman Sachs estimates, which. presumed natural gas, wind and solar energy would fill the gap.

(source: Reuters)