Wyoming: Meta Platforms to Support Data Center with Power from Enbridge Solar-BESS Facility

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Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)

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Summary

Furthering previous power purchase agreements between the two companies, Meta Platforms has agreed to take all of the power from the first phase of Enbridge's Cowboy solar power and BESS facility to support a nearby data center complex.

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A New Power Purchase Agreement

Enbridge announced this week that data center giant Meta Platforms has agreed to take all of the power from the Phase I construction of Enbridge's Cowboy solar power plant and battery energy storage system (BESS) in Wyoming. The first stage of the facility will generate nearly 400 megawatts (MW) of solar power and will have an accompanying 1.6-gigawatt-hour BESS unit.

Industrial Info Resources data show Phase I of the Cowboy solar plant in Laramie County has an estimated total investment value of around $650 million and is expected to enter service in late 2028. Subscribers to the Industrial Info Resources Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Project Database can learn more by viewing the project report.

The Data Center

The solar-BESS facility will support Meta's Project Cosmo, a multi-building data center complex under construction in Cheyenne, about 50 miles east of the power facility. Industrial Info data show two of the four planned buildings of the data center are currently under construction, with construction of the third and fourth expected to kick off in 2027 and 2028, respectively, wrapping up overall construction by mid-2029.

But Wait, There's More!

The Phase I construction of the Cowboy facility that will supply power to Meta is only half of the overall Cowboy project, which is expected to double in output and investment with Phase II. Enbridge will invest another $600 million in Phase II construction, which will provide approximately 370 MW of additional solar generation and potentially double BESS capacity. Readers can learn more by viewing a detailed project report. Construction on this second phase could kick off around mid-2027, before Phase I is completed, putting the second half of the project on track to go live in early 2029.

Obtaining another power purchase agreement for the second half of the project from power-hungry data center operators looking for low-emissions power seems very feasible as, outside of Meta's project, Industrial Info is tracking another $67 billion of potential data center projects in Wyoming, primarily in the Cheyenne area. Notable is Microsoft's planned $4 billion worth of data center construction around Cheyenne as well as the five buildings planned for Crusoe Energy Systems and Tallgrass Energy's joint venture data center project in Cheyenne, although that project also includes plans for a natural gas-fired power plant.

Previous Agreements

The latest Meta-Enbridge agreement for the Cowboy solar facility builds on prior agreements between the two companies. Enbridge has signed previous power purchase agreements with Meta for offtake from:

• the 150-MW Cone Wind Farm, which Enbridge will construct in Crosby County
• the 152-MW Easter Wind Farm, under construction in Castro County
• the 600-MW Clear Fork solar farm, under construction in Gonzales County

Both wind projects are on the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) power grid, while the Clear Fork solar facility will contribute to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid, which covers most of the state.

Key Takeaways

• Enbridge and Meta Platforms have signed a power purchase agreement for power from Phase I of Enbridge's planned Cowboy solar-BESS facility to support Meta's Cheyenne data center
• The first phase of the Cowboy facility is expected to be completed in 2028, while the final building of Meta's data center in Cheyenne is expected to begin operations in 2029.
• This latest power purchase agreement (PPA) between the two buildings builds on prior PPAs for output from Enbridge wind and solar power facilities in Texas.

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