Silicon Ranch announced a partnership with Central Electric Power Cooperative to build a 100 MW solar farm which will provide power to Meta’s first data center in South Carolina.
The agreement builds on Silicon Ranch’s existing relationships with Central and Meta. The solar facility will be the fourth between Silicon Ranch and Central, a generation and transmission cooperative that secures power for South Carolina’s 19 distribution cooperatives.
It is also the 18th in the growing partnership between Silicon Ranch and Meta. So far, over 1,500 MW of clean energy capacity has catalyzed investments of over $2.5 billion by Silicon Ranch to support Meta’s operations.
Silicon Ranch will fund, build, own, and operate the facility in coordination with Santee Cooper, the system balancing authority. Central will buy energy from the facility as part of its statewide power portfolio.
Meta will receive all renewable energy credits associated with the facility energy.
“As Meta progresses construction on our data center in South Carolina, we are pleased to join our new utility partners Central and Aiken Electric Cooperative and our long-term trusted partner Silicon Ranch to announce this project together,” said Urvi Parekh, head of global energy at Meta, in a statement. “We’re grateful to Central for supporting our energy goals in South Carolina and thrilled to expand our relationship with Silicon Ranch, who shares our commitment to have a positive impact in the communities where we locate.”
The solar facility is expected to generate over $8 million in new tax revenues that will go toward local schools, infrastructure, and other community priorities.
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