Meta is introducing geothermal energy to power its data centers. Various renewable energies are being utilized for energy-intensive artificial intelligence (AI).
Meta announced on the twenty sixth (local time) that it had signed a geothermal power purchase agreement with Sage Geosystems.
First, it is predicted to provide 150 megawatts (MW) of electricity by 2027. The geothermal power plant is understood to be positioned near the Rocky Mountains.
Geothermal energy is a renewable energy source that uses the warmth contained in the Earth to provide electricity and hot water. 150MW is sufficient to power about 38,000 homes.
The announcement got here at an event on geothermal development hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy, which is asking on technology firms to speculate in renewable energy.
Houston-based Sage is developing next-generation technology that might allow power plants to be deployed in additional places than traditional geothermal power, which requires naturally occurring underground reservoirs of hot water and accounts for 0.4 percent of U.S. electricity generation.
This contract is the biggest project Sage has undertaken, and it comes just two years after the technology was first tested in the sphere.
“This contract is predicted to see geothermal energy supplied to the general power grid quite than on to a selected data center,” Meta told Reuters.
As well as, giant cloud and technology firms similar to Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Apple have all pledged to realize net zero in 2019 and 2020, and are making massive investments in renewable energy similar to solar and wind power.
Reporter Kang Ye-chan future@aitimes.com
