TotalEnergies SE has signed a deal to produce Google a complete of 1.5 terawatt hours (TWh) of licensed inexperienced electrical energy for 15 years to assist the tech big’s information heart operations in Ohio.
The ability will come from the Montpelier photo voltaic venture in Ohio, which is “nearing completion” and will probably be related to the PJM grid system, a joint assertion stated.
“The deal displays Google’s technique of enabling new, carbon-free power to the grid methods the place they function”, the assertion stated.
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“It additionally aligns with TotalEnergies’ technique to ship tailor-made power options for information facilities, which accounted for nearly three % of the world’s power demand in 2024”.
“TotalEnergies is deploying a 10-GW portfolio in the US, with onshore photo voltaic, wind and battery storage tasks, one GW of which is positioned within the PJM market within the northeast of the nation, and 4 GW on the ERCOT market in Texas”, the assertion added.
Stephane Michel, TotalEnergies president for gasoline, renewables and energy at TotalEnergies, stated, “This settlement illustrates TotalEnergies’ skill to satisfy the rising power calls for of main tech corporations by leveraging its built-in portfolio of renewable and versatile belongings. It additionally contributes to attaining our goal of 12 % profitability within the energy sector”.
That is the second data-center inexperienced energy provide settlement introduced by TotalEnergies this month. On November 4 it stated it had bagged a 10-year contract to produce Data4 information facilities in Spain with a complete of 610 gigawatt hours (GWh) of renewable electrical energy beginning 2026.
The ability will come from Spanish wind and photo voltaic farms with a mixed capability of 30 MW. The vegetation “are about to start out manufacturing”, a joint assertion stated.
“As European chief within the information heart business, Data4 is now established in six nations, and introduced its plan to speculate practically EUR 2 billion [$2.32 billion] by 2030 to develop its campuses in Spain. This settlement with TotalEnergies reaffirms Data4’s engagement to completely combine renewable power throughout all its areas”, the assertion added.
Francois Sterin, chief operation officer at Paris-based Data4, stated, “This settlement reaffirms Data4’s dedication to renewable power which is extra essential than ever because the race for AI accelerates and the power capability required for all information facilities in Spain is anticipated to greater than triple by 2030”.
TotalEnergies says it’s growing a 3-GW photo voltaic portfolio in Spain underneath agreements signed 2020 with Powertis and Solarbay Renewable Power, in addition to with Ignis.
TotalEnergies goals to succeed in 35 GW gross renewables-sourced technology capability by the tip of 2025 and over 100 TWh of web electrical energy manufacturing by 2030. As of the tip 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 in line with the corporate’s quarterly report.
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