Meta is expanding its clean energy strategy with two new partnerships with Noon Energy and Overview Energy, designed to help solve one of AI’s biggest infrastructure challenges: reliable, around-the-clock power.
As demand for AI infrastructure and next-generation data centers accelerates, the company has announced agreements with Overview Energy and Noon Energy to advance both space-based solar generation and ultra-long-duration energy storage. Together, the partnerships are intended to help deliver the dependable, low-carbon electricity needed to support AI growth while strengthening grid resilience.
The move reflects a broader industry challenge. While solar and wind remain central to decarbonization strategies, both depend heavily on environmental conditions. Solar only generates during daylight hours, wind depends on weather patterns, and storage limitations continue to constrain how much renewable energy can be reliably used at scale.
Meta says these new partnerships are designed to address those gaps directly.
Through its partnership with Overview Energy, Meta will support the deployment of up to 1 GW of space solar energy capacity.
Overview Energy’s model uses satellites positioned in geosynchronous orbit—roughly 22,000 miles above Earth’s equator—where sunlight is constant. These satellites collect solar energy continuously and beam it back to Earth-based solar farms using low-intensity near-infrared light.
That approach allows existing solar facilities to continue producing electricity even after sunset, turning idle nighttime hours into productive generation capacity without requiring additional land or major new grid infrastructure.
The first orbital demonstration is planned for 2028, marking what is expected to be the first time energy is wirelessly transmitted from space to a solar farm on Earth. If successful, commercial delivery to the U.S. grid could begin as early as 2030.
“Space solar technology represents a transformative step forward by leveraging existing terrestrial infrastructure to deliver new, uninterrupted energy from orbit,” said Nat Sahlstrom, VP of Energy and Sustainability at Meta. “We’re excited to partner with Overview Energy to pioneer innovative energy solutions to advance our AI ambitions and infrastructure.”
Marc Berte, CEO of Overview Energy, added: “Space is becoming part of America’s energy infrastructure. Our approach to space solar energy enables hyperscalers and technology providers to secure clean power with reliable siting, and speed to power.”
Meta is also partnering with Noon Energy to deploy up to 1 GW/100 GWh of ultra-long-duration energy storage.
Unlike conventional lithium-ion batteries that typically provide several hours of backup power, Noon Energy’s technology is designed to deliver more than 100 hours of storage. Its system uses modular, reversible solid oxide fuel cells and carbon-based storage to provide extended clean energy availability over multiple days.
Meta says this is critical for supporting AI infrastructure that requires continuous uptime and firm baseload power.
The agreement includes an initial 25 MW/2.5 GWh pilot demonstration project expected to be completed in 2028, with the broader partnership designed to scale significantly beyond that.
“Our partnership with Meta is a monumental step toward realizing what we founded Noon to achieve,” said Chris Graves, co-founder and CEO of Noon Energy. “We’re partnering with a company that is actively securing stable power for the AI infrastructure of tomorrow.”
Sahlstrom added: “Bringing data centers online faster requires rapid deployment of reliable energy sources. Our agreement with Noon advances that goal with a storage technology that delivers grid resilience and firm power.”
These new partnerships build on Meta’s wider energy strategy as it scales AI operations.
To date, the company says it has contracted more than 30 GW of clean and renewable energy, representing billions in capital investments. That includes next-generation geothermal partnerships with Sage Geosystems and XGS Energy, as well as 7.7 GW of nuclear energy agreements with Vistra, TerraPower, Oklo, and Constellation Energy.
Meta describes itself as one of the most significant corporate purchasers of nuclear energy in American history and the investments signal a diversified approach to power procurement—balancing technologies that deliver today with emerging systems that could redefine how data centers are powered in the future.
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