Apr 02, 2025 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
Israeli renewable energy company Enlight Renewables has won an Israel Land Authority tender to develop an integrated data center and renewable energy complex in Ashalim, southern Israel with plans to invest up to $1.1 billion in the project, which will be built on a 50-acre site.
According to the renewable energy complex will comprise a solar and energy storage facility that will be integrated within the data center complex which will feature a 100MW AC hourly consumption capacity.
Commenting on the announcement, Gilad Peled, general manager of Enlight MENA said: “Winning this tender will allow us to leverage our expertise in renewable energy and lead a national effort to develop data centers in southern Israel. This represents both an economic growth engine as well as a solution to the challenges and costs of electricity production and transmission into the country’s central region.”
