Meta backs 10 gas plants for AI datacenters and drops a renewables pledge

Meta is reportedly supporting 10 new gas plants to power its datacenters while withdrawing from a global renewables commitment.

According to Electrek, Meta is backing 10 gas plants to supply power for its data centers and has withdrawn from a global renewables pledge. Both moves point in the same direction: locking in fossil-fueled generation to feed the growing electricity demand of AI computing.

This is a friction signal for clean energy. Gas plants built now can operate for decades, entrenching carbon-emitting supply at exactly the moment the grid needs to shift the other way, and stepping back from a renewables commitment weakens the market pull that helps clean power scale. We could not reach the source, so the plant locations, capacity, timelines, and the specific pledge Meta left are not confirmed here. The details sit with the original reporting.

Source: Electrek