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Google has finalised its acquisition of US renewable energy developer Intersect Power, a part of its plan to power its data centre expansions in the US.

Amazon, Google, OpenAI and other tech firms have signed the 'ratepayer protection pledge' to build, bring or buy the energy required to build and operate data centres.

Alphabet has announced a definitive agreement to acquire data centre and energy infrastructure solutions provider Intersect for US$4.75 billion in cash. 

Entergy Arkansas has announced plans to build a 600MW solar-plus-storage project to support a new data centre to be built by Google.

Leeward Renewable Energy has started construction at the Twelvemile 1 and 2 solar projects in Oklahoma, which have a capacity of 152MW.

Google will purchase renewable energy certificates from a 600MW solar and energy storage portfolio in the US state of South Carolina.

The agreement will support the construction of six PV plants, with a combined capacity of 724MW, which will be sited to support Google’s data centre operations.

Technology companies are the biggest commercial investors into the solar power sector in the US, including Meta, Amazon and Google.

Pine Gate Renewables and Enfinity Global have secured financing, and ENGIE has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google.

Entergy commissioned a 100MW project in the state of Arkansas, while Ammper Power and Elawan signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Texas.