TotalEnergies has signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to supply Google data centers in Ohio with renewable electricity from a local TotalEnergies solar farm, the French supermajor said on Wednesday, announcing the second deal for data center power supply so far this month.
The Montpelier solar facility, which is nearing completion, is connected to the PJM grid system — the largest in the United States —and will support Google’s data center operations in Ohio.
The agreement aligns with Google’s strategy of enabling new, carbon-free energy to the grid systems where they operate, as well as with TotalEnergies’ strategy to deliver tailored energy solutions for data centers, which accounted for almost 3% of the world’s energy demand in 2024.
“This agreement illustrates TotalEnergies’s ability to meet the growing energy demands of major tech companies by leveraging its integrated portfolio of renewable and flexible assets,” said Stéphane Michel, President Gas, Renewables & Power at TotalEnergies.
“It also contributes to achieving our target of 12% profitability in the power sector.”
TotalEnergies is deploying a 10 GW portfolio in the United States, with onshore solar, wind, and battery storage projects. A total of 1 GW of this capacity is located in the PJM market in the northeast of the country, and 4 GW on the ERCOT market in Texas.
Earlier this month, TotalEnergies signed a power purchase agreement with Data4 to supply renewable electricity to the data center developer’s sites in Spain for 10 years, as the French supermajor looks to boost its integrated power business with the key driver of global electricity demand.
TotalEnergies has PPAs with large industrial firms and hyperscalers such as STMicroelectronics, Saint-Gobain, Air Liquide, Amazon, LyondellBasell, Merck, Microsoft, Orange, and Sasol.
Unlike other European majors such as BP and Shell, which have outright reduced spending on renewables, TotalEnergies has a strategy to reach a 12% profitability target for its Integrated Power business.
In its 2025 Strategy & Outlook, TotalEnergies pledged to sustain profitable growth in the Integrated Power division by capturing value from growing global demand with the increase in AI, air conditioning, and electrification.
By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com
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