Facebook signs deal with Vattenfall to power data centres with wind power

By Sophie Chapman
The US-based social media firm, Facebook, has signed a deal with Swedish power company, Vattenfall, to supply its data cent...

The US-based social media firm, Facebook, has signed a deal with Swedish power company, Vattenfall, to supply its data centres in Norway and Sweden with renewable power.

The 15-year deal will see Vattenfall provide 1,00GWh of power annually, sourced from the 294MW capacity Bjerkreim wind farms.

The three farms will feature 70 4.2MW Siemens Gamesa wind turbines and will be developed by Norks Vind Energi by next year.

The energy will be used to power Facebook’s data centres in Odense, Denmark, and Lulea, Sweden.

SEE ALSO:

“These projects will add wind energy to the Nordic grid, providing a 100% renewable solution to our data centre campuses,” stated Vince Van Son, Commerical Director for Energy and Infrastructure at Facebook.

“It will also provide a renewable solution for the electricity consumed at the energy centre in Odense, enabling the production of renewable heating for the community from the heat recovered at our data centre.”

“The balancing services agreement is Vattenfall’s largest agreement with an external partner in the Nordics,” remarked Branislav Slavic, Vice President of Nordic Business Sales at Vattenfall.

Share

Featured Articles

Decentralised energy key to circumventing grid delays

Aggreko is advising the sector to consider short to mid-term decentralised energy solutions as an effective means of maintaining business continuity.

Renewable energy to become top source of electricity by 2025

According to the Energy Agency’s Electricity Market Report 2023, 90% of new demand between now and 2025 will be covered by clean energy sources

Nuclear energy — the unsung hero of the climate challenge

Nuclear energy’s green potential was brought to the spotlight at the recent COP 27 climate change conference in Egypt. How viable is it?

UK and US announce energy partnership

Oil & Gas

Alfa Laval to supply world’s largest green hydrogen plant

Smart Energy

COP27 agrees to climate compensation fund

Sustainability