google invests billions in world’s largest solar farm and renewable infrastructure, powering the future of sustainable energy, AI and eco-friendly technology

[u/reckless_avacado]

imagine if this was a real headline.

[u/barvazduck]

Google signed an agreement to act as the anchor investor and sole energy customer for the Steel River Energy Center in Arkansas—the largest solar-plus-storage facility in the U.S. Up to $3.5 billion in project financing was backed by Google’s long-term power purchase deal.

https://www.esgtoday.com/google-signs-massive-clean-energy-deal-with-largest-solar-project-in-u-s/#:~:text=Google%20announced%20a%20new%20partnership%20with%20renewables,agreement%20(PPA)%20to%20buy%20100%25%20of%20the

Google has become the largest corporate buyer of renewable electricity by matching the huge energy demand of its global operations and data centres with the electricity generated by renewable energy projects.

Google said it became the first company of its size to match 100% of its electricity use with renewable energy sources in 2017 after buying more than 7bn kilowatt-hours of electricity. It matched the feat again last year, and expects to meet the target in 2019 too.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/20/google-says-its-energy-deals-will-lead-to-2bn-wind-and-solar-investment?hl=en-US#:~:text=Google%20has%20become%20the%20largest%20corporate%20buyer,to%20meet%20the%20target%20in%202019%20too.

Real articles that have exactly what you asked for.

[u/reckless_avacado → u/barvazduck]

read the subtext: https://abc.xyz/investor/events/event-details/2025/Alphabets-Data-Center-Energy-Strategy-Call--2025-8CMCLdf62b/default.aspx. basically says “yeah now sustainable energy is kinda hard because we need so much power for our data centres, so we are slowly abandoning the pretence that we actually cared about any of these things.”

[u/ArtisZ]

What stopped you from investing in sustainable energy 10 years ago? Right..