Meta Teams Up with SRP and Ørsted to Support Data Center with Clean Energy from New Solar and Battery Project
PHOENIX, Dec. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Meta announced its Mesa data center will soon be supported by new solar energy from Salt River Project (SRP) through a contract with leading U.S. clean energy provider Ørsted. Under the contract, Meta will receive the majority portion of the solar energy generated by Ørsted's Eleven Mile Solar Center, a 300-MW solar farm and 300-MW, four-hour battery energy storage system currently under construction in Pinal County, Arizona.
- PHOENIX, Dec. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Meta announced its Mesa data center will soon be supported by new solar energy from Salt River Project (SRP) through a contract with leading U.S. clean energy provider Ørsted.
- Under the contract, Meta will receive the majority portion of the solar energy generated by Ørsted's Eleven Mile Solar Center, a 300-MW solar farm and 300-MW, four-hour battery energy storage system currently under construction in Pinal County, Arizona.
- The solar and stored energy not needed by the Meta data center will be available to SRP's customer base.
- "We are proud to partner with SRP to bring new solar energy to the grid.