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Meta quits clean energy pledge amid data center expansion
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Fusion42 · 25 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Meta has withdrawn from RE100, a global corporate renewable energy pledge, after signing deals to bring natural gas power plants online to support its expanding data center footprint. Microsoft and Google are pursuing similar natural gas partnerships despite their own clean energy commitments.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Cloud Infrastructure, and 2 sources have reported it.
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If you're selling power, cooling, or efficiency tech to hyperscalers, the math just shifted: datacentre buildout at this speed trumps climate pledges, and natural gas is now the marginal fuel. Your customer's procurement team is no longer constrained by ESG targets—they're constrained by grid capacity and capex per kilowatt.
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