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

On Thursday, the Meta Kansas and Texas signed a more large solar agreement on Thursday, securing 650 MW of projects.

The American Utility and Power Generation Agency AS is currently developing solar-cable projects, 5 MW in Texas and 20 megawatts in Cances, the company told TechCrunch.

Meta says it has signed an agreement to power its data centers, which is expanding to support its growing AI operations. The company’s renewable power portfolio already has more than 12 gigawatts.

AS usually signed a contract for purchase of new power two to three years before the commercial activities were started and the average term of this national agreement was 15 to 20 years, spokesman Katie Lau said.

This is the fourth solar agreement that Meta announced this year. All are in Texas, including a clocking 595 megawattsAt the other 505 MWAnd the final two hit 200 Megwatts Each

Texas has recently become a hotbed of solar development, which has led the nation in the new solar power installed in 2023 and 2024, Solar power industry associationThe The state has adequate sunshine, faster permission and rapid grid connection.

The second two are particularly helpful when deploying new solar power. A solar farm can be made within a few months of the year, allowed and grid connections. It is one of the new solar ones that do not harm Cheap form New production capabilities, even before considering subsidy.

Also, there is no need to wait for the construction of the data centers as solar farms can go periodically, electricity flows before the project is completed. In fact, in a press release, the AS CEO Andreas Glusky called the “quick time to” power and low expensive power “as the main feature that attracted hypersscales like Meta.