ENERGY & POWER
is transforming it from a corporate social responsibility initiative into a key competitive differentiator.
Forging new energy pathways To meet these ambitious goals, operators are deploying a diverse and increasingly sophisticated range of clean power solutions.
The traditional workhorse has been the Power Purchase Agreement( PPA), a long-term contract with a renewable energy developer to buy power from sources like off-site wind or solar farms.
These agreements provide price stability for the operator and the financial certainty needed to build new clean energy projects, with companies like Meta recently signing a PPA for 600MW from a new solar plant in Texas.
However, with grid interconnection queues stretching for years, a strategic pivot is underway.
A“ Bring Your Own Power”( BYOP) model is emerging, where operators generate their own power on-site to bring facilities online faster.
Bloom Energy’ s 2025 Data Center Power Report indicates a startling shift in expectations: 27 % of data centre leaders now project their facilities will rely entirely on on-site generation for primary power by 2030, up from a projection of just 1 % a year prior.
This pursuit of reliable, 24 / 7 carbon-free power has also led to a resurgence of interest in a onceshunned technology: nuclear energy.
Unlike intermittent renewables, nuclear provides constant, zerocarbon baseload electricity. This has prompted a series of landmark deals, including Amazon Web Services acquiring a data centre campus directly powered by a 2.5 GW nuclear plant and Meta signing a 20-year nuclear PPA.
“ The challenge lies in matching the 24 / 7 reliability data centres require with sources like wind and solar, which are intermittent by nature”
CAROLINE HARGROVE, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, CERES POWER
138 September 2025