TotalEnergies has agreed to supply 1 gigawatt of solar power to Google's data centers in Texas under two long-term deals, providing about 28 terawatt-hours of renewable electricity over the next 15 years, the French energy major announced on Monday.
The power will be generated by two new TotalEnergies-owned solar projects in Texas, the Wichita project, with 805 megawatts of capacity, and the 195-megawatt Mustang Creek project, the company said in a statement.
Construction on both facilities is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2026, it added.
The 1-gigawatt agreements add to separate 1.2-gigawatt gross power purchase deals recently secured by Clearway Energy, a California-based renewables firm 50% owned by TotalEnergies, to help supply Google's data centers across the ERCOT (Texas), PJM (Northeast) and SPP (Central) markets, the company said.
Commenting on the deal, Marc-Antoine Pignon, vice president of renewables US for TotalEnergies, said that the deal marks the company's largest renewable power purchase agreement in the US.
"This highlights TotalEnergies' strategy to deliver tailored renewable energy solutions that support the decarbonization goals of digital players, particularly data centers," Pignon added.
"Through this PPA, TotalEnergies is also addressing the challenges of land availability and power supply for data centers by enabling large-scale colocation opportunities," he said.
Will Conkling, director of clean energy and power at Google, said that adding new generation capacity is essential as the company expands its data center footprint.
"Our agreement with TotalEnergies adds necessary new generation to the local system, boosting the amount of affordable and reliable power supply available to serve the entire region," Conkling said.
TotalEnergies said it currently operates about 10 gigawatts of onshore solar, wind and battery storage capacity in the US, with roughly half of that located in Texas.
By Handan Kazanci
Anadolu Agency
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