Meta has agreed to purchase every single watt of electricity generated by what will be the largest solar power project to begin construction in the US. The deal underscores a broader, aggressive push by Big Tech to lock down renewable energy capacity as data centers multiply across the country.
The arrangement involves RWE’s 200 MWac Waterloo Solar project, with construction slated to begin in late 2025 under a long-term power purchase agreement. For context, 200 megawatts of solar capacity is enough to power roughly 40,000 homes, though Meta has other plans for those electrons.
The data center power grab
The Waterloo Solar deal isn’t a one-off. It follows two prior agreements between Meta and German energy giant RWE, covering a 274 MWac project in Illinois and a 100 MWac facility in Louisiana. Taken together, Meta has now locked in three separate solar PPAs with a single developer.
And Meta wasn’t done. In a separate deal executed in July 2025, the company secured 100% of output from Enbridge’s 600 MW Clear Fork solar facility in Texas. That project carries an estimated price tag of around $900 million.
