Meta Secures All Power From $900M Texas Solar Deal

With a confident stride toward clean energy leadership, tech behemoth Meta—the parent business of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp—has struck a big renewable energy deal with Canadian energy infrastructure firm Enbridge. Meta hopes to support its data center activities throughout the United States by 100% of the energy produced by a new 600-megawatt solar power facility in Texas under the long-term contract.

Close to San Antonio, the large-scale solar plant Clear Fork will mark a major infrastructural expenditure. Alberta-based Enbridge said it had made a final investment decision on the project, which is estimated at about $900 million. Once finished, Clear Fork will rank among the biggest solar projects of its kind in the area. Construction is already going forward, and the project is scheduled to start running in the summer of 2027.

As businesses look to decarbonize their activities more and more, the agreement captures the expanding convergence of technology and clean energy. Emphasizing the growing demand for renewable energy across North America from technology and data center firms, Matthew Akman, Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy and President of Power at Enbridge, said in a statement accompanying the announcement: "Clear Fork demonstrates this demand from blue-chip companies who are involved in technology and data center operations. "

Over the past several years, Meta has changed its dedication to sustainability. With 100% renewable energy in 2020, the company first achieved its goal of powering all worldwide operations including data centers, offices, and other facilities. Meta, however, is aiming beyond operational energy consumption. The firm has vowed to have net-zero emissions throughout its value chain by 2030, which covers supply chain partners, employee travel, and other indirect emissions.

Particularly in Texas, this fresh arrangement with Enbridge supplements Meta's expanding renewable energy portfolio. With numerous transactions in recent years to aid its growing U. S. data center network, the state has emerged as a focus for the company's clean energy plan. Among the most energy-intensive institutions in the technology sector, data centers need enormous power inputs to run servers, cooling systems, and networking infrastructure. Securing a constant supply of clean electricity is not just a sustainability objective; it is an operational need.

Head of Global Energy at Meta Urvi Parekh said she was eager to work with Enbridge. "We are delighted to partner with Enbridge to help support our activities with 100% clean energy by bringing new renewable energy to Texas," she stated. She pointed out that projects like Clear Fork help local energy grids to decarbonize by feeding new renewable capacity into them in addition to their alignment with Meta's sustainability objectives.

By the end of 2025, Clear Fork will also help Meta's larger plan to add 9. 8 gigawatts of renewable energy to U. S. networks. Millions of homes could be powered by such level of energy production, hence greatly lowering reliance on fossil fuels in areas where Meta works.

For Enbridge, this project represents a significant extension of its rising presence in the infrastructure for renewable energy. Though originally famous for its oil and natural gas pipeline infrastructure, the corporation has progressively branched out into clean energy, including wind and solar power ventures in Europe and North America. One of its greatest investments in the American renewable energy sector to date is the Clear Fork solar plant.

The cooperation between Meta and Enbridge also points to a bigger trend: big technology companies are becoming important driving force in the growth of clean energy infrastructure in addition to being enormous consumers of renewable energy. Their long-term financial certainty for renewable energy developers provided by power purchase agreements (PPAs) helps projects like Clear Fork to obtain funding and advance.

Such partnerships become increasingly important in defining a low-carbon future as the world battles the facts of climate change. With the Clear By demonstrating how tech firms can use their power to alter the energy landscape and lead the move to clean energy, Meta is reasserting its role as among the world leaders in corporate sustainability.