Arizona: Meta signs renewable energy deal in Arizona

Social network company Meta announced this week that it has signed a new renewable energy deal in Arizona with Ørsted to support its Mesa data center with new solar energy from the Salt River Project.

Following this contract, the social network company will receive most of the output of Ørsted's Eleven Mile Solar Center, a 300MW solar farm and 300MW four-hour battery energy storage system currently under construction in Pinal County, Arizona.

Urvi Parekh, Meta's head of renewable energy, said, "We are proud to partner with SRP to bring new solar energy to the grid. Access to renewable energy and a strong, reliable grid was an important part of our decision to build in Mesa. Meta is committed to having a positive impact on local communities and we're excited to help bring this additional investment and jobs to the area."

Bobby Olsen, chief planning, strategy and sustainability executive at SRP added, "SRP is pleased to partner with Meta to add more solar to help meet Meta's renewable energy goals and SRP's sustainability commitments. As SRP focuses on responsibly decarbonizing our generation mix, we will need to more than double our power resource capacity by 2035. Strategic partnerships with customers like Meta and renewable energy developers like Ørsted help us get there."