Alphabet has contracted up to 396MW of geothermal power from Fervo Energy for a prospective Utah data centre from 2028, with an option on another 600MW by 2030 that would take the order close to a gigawatt. The European Union had about 1GW of net geothermal electricity capacity in total in 2022, and geothermal supplied 0.5% of its renewable electricity in 2024.
Google has contracted up to 396MW of geothermal power for a prospective Utah data centre. Deliveries start in 2028, with an option on another 600MW by 2030, Bloomberg reported.
That would take the order close to a gigawatt. Fervo shares rose as much as 25%, and its Cape Station project still needs Utah regulatory approval.
The comparison worth making is not with a reactor. The entire EU had about 1GW of net geothermal electricity capacity in 2022, the Commission records.
One contract for one data centre roughly equals the bloc’s installed fleet. Geothermal supplied 0.5% of EU renewable electricity in 2024.
