Google and TotalEnergies announced today a new long term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), providing the tech giant with a total volume of 1 TWh of renewable energy to supply its data centers in Malaysia.
Under the new PPA, TotalEnergies will supply Google with certified renewable power from the Citra Energies solar plant, a new project in Malaysia’s northern Kedah province. TotalEnergies and its local partner MK Land were awarded the project in August 2023, as part of Malaysia’s Corporate Green Power Programme (CGPP), a government initiative aimed at enabling companies to meet sustainability goals through virtual PPAs, adding solar capacity to the grid.
The new announcement builds on a recent clean energy agreement between Google and TotalEnergies in the U.S., with the companies signing a 15-year PPA in November for 1.5 TWh of certified renewable electricity from a solar farm in Ohio, supporting Google’s data center operations in the region.
Sophie Chevalier, Senior Vice President Flexible Power & Integration at TotalEnergies, said:
“We are delighted to strengthen our collaboration with Google through this agreement to supply renewable electricity to their new data center in Malaysia. This PPA illustrates our Company’s ability to offer competitive power solutions tailored to the needs of major tech groups, both in mature markets, such as the United States and Europe, and in emerging countries like Malaysia.”
Google’s environmental targets include 2030 goals to reach net zero emissions across its operations and value chain, and its 24/7 CFE ambition, aiming to run its entire business on carbon-free energy (CFE) by 2030, matching electricity demand with CFE supply every hour of every day, in every region where the company operates. The company has signed more than 170 agreements to purchase over 22 GW of clean energy generation since 2010. Despite Google’s growing energy usage, the company recently reported that it managed to reduce the carbon emissions from its data centers by 12% in 2024.
Giorgio Fortunato, Head of Clean Energy & Power, Asia Pacific at Google, said:
“We’re thrilled to build on our collaboration with TotalEnergies in Malaysia. This agreement is a key part of our strategy to make meaningful investments that benefit the economies where we operate. By enabling this new clean capacity, we are supporting local growth of the electricity system hosting our infrastructure.”
