Meta -- the company behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp -- has reportedly withdrawn from the RE100 initiative after investments in new gas-fired power plants left the technology giant unable to meet the group’s renewable energy criteria. The decision reverses a commitment Meta made in 2020 to support a transition towards electricity generated entirely from renewable sources.

Technology giant Meta has exited from a major clean energy pact it had been a signatory to for over a decade, after a natural gas-powered push for its data centers.

Meta Platforms joined the RE100 clean energy initiative in 2016, but its data center plans complicate things.