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Meta quits clean energy pledge amid data center expansion
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Fusion42 · 25 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Meta withdrew from the RE100 clean energy pledge after signing deals for natural gas power plants at its Louisiana Hyperion data centre, though it claims continued renewable investment. Microsoft and Google have made similar gas deals for AI data centre expansion, signalling industry-wide infrastructure choices over climate commitments.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Cloud Infrastructure and Clean Energy, and 2 sources have reported it.
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You're building an AI product that needs to run on someone's infrastructure, and the companies providing it have just admitted gas power is cheaper and faster than waiting for renewables. Your supply chain cost is locked in at gas rates, not clean energy ones—and your customers' ESG commitments are now exposed.
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2 sources · 25 Jul 2026
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