Digital Realty Reaches New Wind Energy Agreement to Power Texas Data Centers
Company partners with Citi to supply renewable energy for Texas portfolio
SAN FRANCISCO — Digital Realty announced a new seven-and-a-half-year power and renewable energy credit agreement with Citi to supply clean, renewable energy for its portfolio of data centers in the Dallas region. This contract will advance Digital Realty's environmental and sustainability goals by supplying approximately 30% of the company's power needs in this market.
The transaction provides Digital Realty with over 260,000 MWh of renewable energy annually, which represents 55% of the wind generation project output being developed by Bearkat Wind Energy II LLC. The energy provided through the 162-MW project in Glasscock County will serve a portion of the power needs of Digital Realty's 13 data centers in the Greater Dallas region.