ENGIE North America has entered into a preliminary agreement with Cipher Mining Inc. to enter into a power supply agreement to power a Cipher data center in Texas.
Once executed, the agreement would allow Cipher to purchase up to 300 megawatts of clean energy from one of ENGIE’s wind facilities.
“The new arrangement would leverage the wind project’s renewable energy generation to power the co-located data center, helping to alleviate an already congested transmission area,” Engie said. “This helps offset basis risk and mitigate curtailment challenges especially in regions like West Texas, where wind and solar resources are abundant but often face constraints due to transmission bottlenecks and curtailment.”
By pairing the data center with renewable energy, “this strategic collaboration supports the use of surplus energy during periods of excess generation, while enhancing grid stability and reliability.”
