Meta has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with US-based renewable energy company Longroad Energy to purchase 100 percent of the output of the 300MWac (400MWdc) '1000 Mile' solar project in Yoakum County, Texas.

"The renewable energy from this project will support our data center operations, as well as our ongoing efforts to match our electricity usage with 100 percent clean and renewable energy," said Urvi Parekh, head of energy at Meta.

Longroad will deliver the energy to the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) grid, which supplies Meta’s data center operations in Texas. This is Longroad's first project within the SPP footprint.

SPP and its member companies span 14 states, covering much of the central US, including the bulk of north Texas.

1000 Mile is Longroad's largest solar project and is expected to reach commercial operations in 2026.

The PPA is the latest between the two companies. “With the addition of 1000 Mile, Longroad and Meta will have worked together on more than 1.3GW of projects,” said Paul Gaynor, CEO of Longroad.

In 2019, Meta (then known as Facebook) invested $416 million in Longroad’s 379MW Prospero Solar project in Andrews County, Texas. The project entered commercial operation in 2020.

The PPA is Meta's second renewable supply agreement in the Texan market in 2024. In November, it signed an Environmental Attributes Purchase Agreement with Engie North America for 260MW of energy from its Sypert Branch solar project in Milam County, Texas.

In addition, Meta signed PPAs in Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas, and Louisiana in 2024 for more than 1.2GW of contracted power.

Meta has two operational data centers in the Texan market, located in Temple and Fort Worth.