- Google says it will spend £ 3 billion on 670mw at Hydroelectricity PPas
- The agreement could end up producing up to 3,000MW of hydroelectricity
- The energy consumption of the Google Data Center has increased by 27%, emissions have dropped by 12%
Google agreed to spend at least $ 3 billion as part of an agreement to increase its renewable energy portfolio as the demands increase in line with the demand for artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
The agreement with Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners includes 20 -year energy purchase agreements for 670 megawatts of clean energy through two hydroelectric plants of Pennsylvania in Holtwood and Safe Harbor.
Although Google has been offering a lot of renewable energy in recent years, this marks the world’s largest corporate energy agreement for hydroelectricity.
Google attacks the largest corporate hydroelectric agreement
It is already a considerable starting point, Brookfield pointed out that the Hydro framework agreement will support the provision of up to 3,000 megawatts of hydroelectric capacity without carbon in the United States.
The movement is aligned with Google’s efforts to feed its carbon -free energy data centers throughout the day, and occurs during an era of higher green energy investments. Hyperscaleros rivals such as Amazon, Meta and Microsoft have also been waste in nuclear, gas and renewable energy to meet demand.
“Hydroelectric energy is a low -cost proven technology, which offers reliable electricity, its own harvest and carbon free that creates jobs and builds a stronger grid for all,” explained Google Data Data Data Energy Amanda Peterson Corio.
The president of Brookfield Asset Management, Connor Teskey, welcomed the investment, noting that hyperscalers will need to diversify their energy production to meet the demand at scale.
Although the increase in AI and cloud computing have resulted in a greater demand for data centers, the most recent 2025 Google sustainability report revealed how the company managed to reduce the emissions of the data centers by 12% despite a 27% increase in energy consumption. In its most recent full year, the company acquired more than eight gigawatts of clean energy.
Energy efficiency improvements in their AI systems, including energy hungry GPUs, have also resulted in a reduction in water consumption, typically used for cooling. However, since it has only replaced 64% of the water it used in 2025, it is still clearly a long way to go.
