Meta adds another 650 MW of solar power to its AI push

Meta has signed a greater sun deals with projects in Kansas and Texas on Thursday.

The American Utility and Energy Generation Company develops solar projects with 400 megawatts of 400 megawatts in Texas, currently in Texas, 400 megawatts in Kansas.

Meta said the agreement signed an agreement to strengthen expanding data centers to support increased AI operations. The company has more than 12 Gigawatt capacity in the renewable power portfolio.

Before the start of commercial operations, the new force signs new power purchase contracts in two to three years ago, and the average period of such deals has been 15-20 years since 15-20 years.

This is the fourth sun deals of the meta this year. All in Texas, in an hour 595 megawattsanother 505 megawattsand the last two strokes 200 Megawatts each of them.

Texas has recently become a warm field of sun development, the leadership of the nation in a new solar capacity built in 2023 and 2024 Solar Energy Industries Association. The state has a wide range of sunlight, fast allowance and fast grid links.

The last two is especially useful when placing a new solar capacity. With a solar farm with allowed and grid links, can be built in months compared to years. It doesn’t hurt you are one of the new sun The cheapest forms Even from the new generation potential, even subsidies are considered.

Moreover, data centers, for the operation of solar farms, do not expect the construction to end because the project can be processed before completing the project. Indeed, when the press release, the AES CEO Andrés GLUSI called ANS “fast time and low price electricity”.