Meta Platforms Inc (META  ) confirmed Monday that it's procuring 200 megawatts of solar energy from electric utility firm Engie.

What Happened: Engie will supply the Menlo Park, California-based tech giant with renewable energy from its Anson 2 solar project in Jones County, Texas.

The Anson 2 project will likely employ over 300 skilled workers during construction and support Microsoft's data center needs.

Meta and Louisiana Economic Development (LED) disclosed plans for a $10 billion AI data center in northeast Louisiana in December. Meta shared plans to tap Entergy to add 1,500 MW of renewable energy to the grid.

Other tech companies also inked collaborations with energy startups to address data center power needs:

  • Alphabet Inc (GOOG  ) (GOOGL  ): Google and Kairos collaborated to deploy 500 megawatts of small modular nuclear reactors.
  • Amazon.com Inc's (AMZN  ): Amazon Web Services tapped Dominion Energy, Inc (D  ) to develop a small modular reactor. In October, Amazon committed over $500 million in nuclear power across three projects from Virginia to Washington state.
  • Microsoft Inc (MSFT  ): collaborated with Constellation Energy Corp (CEG  ) to reopen Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear plant.
  • Nvidia Corp (NVDA  ): chief Jensen Huang endorsed nuclear energy to meet AI's growing electricity demands.
Price Action: Meta stock is down 0.86% at $611.61 at last check Thursday. It surged over 66% in the last 12 months.