TotalEnergies SE has signed a 21-year settlement with Google to provide the tech big 20 megawatts or one terawatt hours (TWh) of licensed renewable electrical energy from the deliberate Citra Energies photo voltaic plant within the Malaysian province of Kedah.
Scheduled to begin development “early 2026”, the challenge will serve Google’s information heart operations within the Southeast Asian nation, a joint assertion mentioned. TotalEnergies owns 49 % within the challenge, with MK Land holding 51 %.
Final 12 months Google broke floor on its first information heart challenge in Malaysia, a $2 billion funding at Selangor state’s Elmina Enterprise Park, as introduced by the corporate October 1, 2024.
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“By enabling this new clear capability, we’re supporting native progress of the electrical energy system internet hosting our infrastructure”, mentioned Giorgio Fortunato, Google head for clear power in Asia-Pacific.
Sophie Chevalier, senior vice chairman for versatile energy and integration at TotalEnergies, mentioned, “This PPA [power purchase agreement] illustrates our firm’s capacity to supply aggressive energy options tailor-made to the wants of main tech teams, each in mature markets, equivalent to the US and Europe, and in rising nations like Malaysia”.
“It additionally contributes to reaching our goal of 12 % profitability within the energy sector”, Chevalier added.
Earlier this 12 months the French power big signed a 15-year deal to provide 1.5 TWh of licensed inexperienced energy for Google’s information heart operations in Ohio.
The ability will come from the Montpelier photo voltaic challenge in Ohio, which is “nearing completion” and will probably be linked to the PJM grid system, mentioned a joint assertion November 12.
“TotalEnergies is deploying a 10-GW portfolio in the US, with onshore photo voltaic, wind and battery storage tasks, one GW of which is situated within the PJM market within the northeast of the nation, and 4 GW on the ERCOT market in Texas”, the assertion mentioned.
Additionally final month TotalEnergies introduced a 10-year contract to provide Data4 information facilities in Spain with a complete of 610 gigawatt hours (GWh) of renewable energy beginning 2026.
The ability will come from Spanish wind and photo voltaic farms with a mixed capability of 30 MW. The crops “are about to begin manufacturing”, TotalEnergies mentioned November 4.
TotalEnergies goals to succeed in 35 GW gross renewables-sourced technology capability by the top of 2025 and over 100 TWh of internet energy manufacturing by 2030.
As of the top of the third quarter of 2025, TotalEnergies had 32.3 GW gross put in renewables capability, up 2.1 GW from the prior three-month interval and over eight GW year-on-year, based on the corporate’s quarterly report October 30.
This week it mentioned it had accomplished a farm-down of its Greek renewable energy portfolio, totaling 424 MW. Asterion Industrial Companions acquired 50 %. TotalEnergies retains 50 % and operatorship.
“This transaction values the portfolio at EUR 508 million [$594.99 million], equal to roughly EUR 1.2 million per MW put in”, TotalEnergies mentioned Wednesday.
“TotalEnergies will offtake and market many of the electrical energy produced by these belongings once they cease benefiting from the regulated tariffs”, it mentioned.
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