Google has signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement with renewable energy developer and independent power producer Linea Energy for 500 megawatts of solar power in Texas, the company announced on May 12, adding another substantial clean energy contract to an already active purchasing streak aimed at supporting its expanding data center operations.

Details of the Agreement

The power will be sourced from Linea Energy's Duffy Solar Project, a development spanning 3,526 acres in Matagorda, Texas.

The project is located within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas market, known as ERCOT, a wholesale electric market that covers approximately 90 percent of the state's electrical grid and serves around 26 million customers.

Construction on the Duffy Solar Project is scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2026. The solar project is co-located with the 235 megawatt alternating-current Duffy battery energy storage system project, which is already under construction at the same site, adding a storage component to the broader energy development taking shape in Matagorda County.

Part of a Broader Texas and National Push

The agreement is the latest in a series of large-scale clean energy purchases Google has made in recent months. In February, the company signed a 1-gigawatt solar power purchase agreement with TotalEnergies, also in Texas.

In January, Google announced a 1.2 gigawatt deal with Clearway Energy to provide power to data centers in Missouri, Texas, and West Virginia.

Taken together, the three deals announced in the first five months of 2026 alone represent more than 2.7 gigawatts of new clean energy capacity under contract.

Since 2010, Google has signed more than 170 agreements to purchase over 23 gigawatts of clean energy generation, according to the company.

Google's Clean Energy and Climate Targets

Google's environmental commitments include a 2030 target to reach net zero emissions across its operations and value chain.

The company has also set what it calls a 24/7 carbon-free energy ambition, which aims to run its entire business on carbon-free energy by 2030 by matching electricity demand with carbon-free supply every hour of every day in every region where it operates.

The new Linea Energy agreement is positioned as a step toward meeting that hourly matching goal within the ERCOT market.

Will Conkling, Director of Energy and Power at Google, framed the deal in terms of its broader benefit to the Texas grid.

"By collaborating with Linea Energy to bring new low-cost power to the grid, we are helping to ensure the Lone Star State's energy system remains affordable for local families and businesses," Conkling said.

Linea Energy's Position in the Market

For Linea Energy, the agreement represents a significant commercial milestone and a demonstration of its standing among large technology companies pursuing clean energy at scale.

Cassidy DeLine, Chief Executive Officer of Linea Energy, pointed to the deal as evidence of the company's ability to serve the hyperscale market.

"We are pleased to sign this agreement to supply clean energy in Texas to Google, one of the world's largest buyers of clean power," DeLine said.

"This transaction highlights Linea's credibility amongst the largest hyperscalers and the ability to support affordability and grid reliability."

The term hyperscaler refers to large technology companies that operate massive data center infrastructure, a category that includes Google alongside companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta.

Competition among clean energy developers to serve this segment has intensified as data center electricity demand has grown substantially, driven in part by the computing requirements of artificial intelligence workloads.

Texas as a Focal Point for Data Center Energy Procurement

Texas has emerged as a repeated site of Google's clean energy contracting activity.

Both the new Linea Energy deal and the February TotalEnergies agreement are Texas-based projects, and the January Clearway deal also includes Texas among its covered markets.

The concentration of agreements in the state reflects the scale of Google's data center footprint within the ERCOT grid and the availability of large-scale solar development opportunities across the region.

The Duffy Solar Project, set to occupy more than 3,500 acres in Matagorda, represents a substantial land commitment for a single solar installation and reflects the physical scale required to generate power at the 500 megawatt level necessary to serve industrial-grade electricity consumers like data center operators.