Google signs Japan solar farm deals to power data centers

Google signed corporate PPA with CEC and Shizen Energy, marking the first time the company signed such contracts on Japanese soil.

Google has entered into an arrangement with Japanese renewable energy providers who will build solar farms dedicated to providing electricity to the company’s data centers in Japan, Nikkei has learned.

Google recently signed corporate power purchase agreements with Clean Energy Connect (CEC) and Shizen Energy, marking the first time the company signed such contracts on Japanese soil.

CEC will invest 10 billion yen ($63.9 million) through 2026 to build roughly 800 solar farms that will provide about 70,000 kilowatts of capacity. CEC is a Tokyo joint venture that includes trading house Itochu and Kansai Electric Power as shareholders.

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Source: Nikkei Asia

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