Meta Exits Clean Energy Pledge Amid Gas-Powered Data Center Expansion

Meta has withdrawn from clean-energy pledges and struck deals with utilities to bring new natural gas power plants online, including 10 plants for its Hyperion data center in Louisiana. Energy-mobility builders should expect data-center energy demand to dwarf renewables capacity—if you're building solar, wind, or battery storage, target GCCs, hyperlocal grids, and industrial consumers first; data-center scale will consolidate around centralized gas power.

Source: ET Tech ↗