Google have announced that their new datacenter currently under construction in North Netherlands will be 100% powered by renewable energy from day one of its operation.

Google have signed a 10 year agreement with Dutch power company Eneco to buy the entire output of their new windfarm currently under construction at Delfzijl, near Eemshaven. The new windfarm is an onshore and offshore development which will use 19 turbines to produce 62MW’s of clean energy that will power Google’s new Eemshaven Datacenter.

“By entering into long-term agreements like this one with wind farm developers, we’ve been able to increase the amount of renewable energy we consume while helping enable the construction of new renewable energy facilities,” said Francois Sterin, Director of Google’s Global Infrastructure Team.

“This is the third such power purchase agreement (PPA) we’ve signed in Europe in the last 18 months – the other two were with wind farm developers in Sweden and will power our Hamina, Finland datacenter with renewable energy.”

This is the eighth long-term agreement Google has signed to purchase renewable energy. According to Google they sign these agreements because they make great financial sense, they guarantee a long term supply of clean energy and they increase the amount of clean energy entering the grid.

The seven agreements before this one total 1040MW’s of wind energy – which is enough to power around 300 000 US households.

“Our agreement with Google is a further endorsement of the potential of wind power and our commitment to sustainable energy”, said Jeroen de Haas, CEO at Eneco. “We’re looking forward to working with Google over the next ten years to help them stay ahead of their commitment to carbon neutrality.”