Eneco said Google were purchasing 0.5TW/h of power, with a capacity of 153MW over a 10-year period, from the two wind farms.
The energy will be generated by the 328MW Fryslân offshore wind farm, and the 80MW Kroningswind onshore wind farm in the southern Netherlands.
The US tech firm will use the energy purchased from Eneco and produced at the Fryslân and Kroningswind to power its Eemshaven data centre in the Netherlands.
A spokesperson for Eneco told “uåX˜äŠÊ˜·³Ç the PPA now covers all of the output from the Kroningswind wind park.
The data centre already uses some renewable power but the PPA means 80% of its energy will now come from renewable sources. Google said it aims to run its energy-intensive operations entirely carbon-free by 2030. The Fryslân wind farm, developed by Ventolines, is at Ijsselmeer - a near-shore freshwater site on the shores of the Dutch north sea.
According to “uåX˜äŠÊ˜·³Ç Intelligence, the data and research division of “uåX˜äŠÊ˜·³Ç, Dutch energy suppliers USG Industrial Utilities and Saudi Arabian chemical company SABIC also purchase energy from the wind farm alongside Google and Eneco.
“The digital and green transformation go hand in hand… Our ambition to run completely on carbon-free energy by 2030, wherever and whenever in the world, will require intensive cooperation with major energy companies such as Eneco, who are jointly committed to long-term sustainable energy goals,” Martijn Bertisen, the vice president of Google Netherlands, said.
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