Bought on the Bayou

Meta's tentacles have reached Louisiana in the form of a solar project

Treaty Oak Clean Energy, an Austin IPP (independent power producer) announced that it has entered into long-term agreements with Meta (Facebook's parent company) for two utility-scale solar projects totaling 385 MWac in Morehouse and Sabine Parishes in Louisiana. Under these agreements, Meta will purchase the environmental attributes generated by the facilities to advance its clean energy and sustainability commitments, and energy from these projects will flow to the local grid, per an October 30 press release.

“Our partnership with Meta marks a critical milestone for Treaty Oak and our commitment to support our customers and their growing clean energy needs in MISO (Midcontinent Independent System Operator)'s southern footprint, as well as our broader mission to deliver impactful, scalable clean energy solutions across the U.S.,” said Rohit Ogra, co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Treaty Oak Clean Energy, LLC. “Together with Meta, we’re strengthening local energy resilience, supporting economic development, and creating long-term value for the communities in which we operate in Louisiana.”

“Our partnership with Treaty Oak reflects Meta’s and Treaty Oak’s shared commitment to bringing new, additional clean energy to the local grid,” said Urvi Parekh, Meta’s Head of Global Energy. “When we announced our AI data center in Richland Parish, Louisiana, last year we committed to working with our partners to bring new energy to the grid – and this agreement with Treaty Oak does just that, while also helping match our operations with clean energy while contributing to local energy resilience and economic growth across Louisiana.”

The project consists of two main sites. The Beekman Solar project in Morehouse Parish will deliver 185 MWac of clean energy under a power purchase agreement with Meta, with commercial operation expected in Q3 2027. The 200 MWac Hollis Creek Solar project in Sabine Parish, also backed by a power purchase agreement with Meta, is targeting an online date of Q3 2027.