Dutch energy company Eneco has signed a new power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google to supply wind energy to the technology firm’s data centres in Belgium, the companies said on Wednesday.
The deal will cover electricity from three wind farms in Belgium with a combined capacity of 54 megawatts. It marks an expansion of Eneco’s long-standing partnership with Google, which already includes multiple renewable energy contracts in the Netherlands.
The agreement supports Google’s broader target to run its global operations on carbon-free energy 24 hours a day by 2030. “This latest PPA helps bring us closer to our goal of operating on carbon-free energy around the clock by 2030,” Google said in a statement.
Google’s data centre in Belgium supports key global services including cloud computing, artificial intelligence, email, and search functions. The announcement coincided with a Belgian trade delegation to California led by Princess Astrid of Belgium, during which Google confirmed plans to expand its data centre operations in the country.
Eneco noted the new contract strengthens a decade-long collaboration that began with the supply of wind and solar power to Google facilities in the Netherlands. The company sources energy for Google from a mix of onshore, nearshore, and offshore wind projects.
“This agreement underlines the strategic importance of renewable energy partnerships to enable the energy transition and support sustainable digital infrastructure,” Eneco said.
