Indian renewable energy developer CleanMax and technology firm Meta have agreed to partner on the development of 837MW of wind and solar projects in India, in addition to previously announced projects.
The companies will develop 837MW of new solar and wind capacity across the states of Rajasthan and Karnataka, CleanMax announced on 10 June. The expansion builds on an existing partnership, taking their total renewable capacity development to above 900MW, including earlier projects.
Under the agreement, CleanMax will develop and operate the projects, while Meta will purchase 100pc of the environmental attributes generated by the facilities. CleanMax's renewable energy projects support Meta's efforts to add new generation to the grid, CleanMax said. The projects will also support Meta's goal of matching its electricity consumption with renewable energy, as well as reducing emissions associated with its operations and value chain.
The agreement represents progress toward the company's renewable energy goals in the region and will help bring new renewable energy capacity into India's power system, Meta's head of clean and renewable energy Amanda Yang said.
Details on project timelines, capacity breakdown and commercial arrangements remain unclear. CleanMax declined to answer when asked for details on the projects' offtake structure and whether Meta will procure electricity directly, or only their environmental attributes.
Technology firms are accelerating renewable energy procurement globally to meet growing power requirements from data centres and artificial intelligence-related infrastructure. India has emerged as a key market for such investments because of its expanding renewable energy capacity and corporate clean power procurement frameworks.
US technology giants are increasingly investing in India's renewable energy sector. Google signed an agreement with renewable energy company ReNew in 2025 covering the environmental attributes from a 150MW solar project in Rajasthan, and Microsoft signed a 437.6MW green attribute contract with the company in 2024.
The deal also reflects the increasing importance of data centres as a source of renewable power demand in India. Data centre and AI infrastructure customers accounted for 42pc of CleanMax's contracted renewable power sales portfolio in the 2025-26 fiscal year, according to the company. Its contracted renewable energy portfolio reached 5.7GW in the April 2025-March 2026 fiscal year.
India's renewable capacity reached 274GW as of March, with over 150GW coming from solar, according to data from India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
