Meta has signed an agreement with XGS Energy to prepare “next generation geothermal energy” projects in New Mexico. The project is for the projects that they are directly connected to the electric grid, which has fed the company’s data centers to the growing energy requirements of the company’s AI development.
Both companies claim that this new contract will add 150 MW of carbon -free energy to the grid “with the use of zero operating water.” According to the agreement, the New Mexico is seemingly unique for geothermal energy production because the state has “some of the best hot rocks in the country”. From the XGS energy point of view “this hot, but usually dry, rock resources” will be allowed to use to generate electricity without worrying about water access.
The deal is divided into two stages, one initially smaller and the other larger, the two of them are “likely to work by 2030.” Meta has previously discovered geothermal energy through partnerships with Sage Geo Systems, and like her past deals, including the recent 20-year-old Meta deal, including nuclear power plant use contracts in Illinois-the company is looking for more energy for its AI data centers.
The Meta’s World Head of Energy, Irvi Pract, jointly jointly in the announcement of the agreement, “progress in AI needs constant energy to support infrastructure development.” “The next generation’s geothermal technologies such as XGS, such as XGS, can prove to be an important player in supporting the development of the domestic data center, along with the development of geothermal AI -like technologies.”
