The departure comes amid a frenzied data centre buildout by leading tech companies. Meta has struck deals paying utilities to bring new natural gas power plants online, including 10 to power its Hyperion data centre in Louisiana alone. Meta joined the pledge in 2016 according to a Wayback Machine archive of RE100's website.

Facebook and Instagram giant has left influential RE100 corporate green power list after turning to gas for data centres, scheme officials confirm to Recharge

Meta has made significant investments in natural gas over the past year. Now, it's dropping out of an industry renewable energy group.