160-MW Virginia solar project will certainly support Facebook information centers

• Social media giant Facebook authorized a power acquisition arrangement on a 160-MWAC solar center that will be constructed in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Chester solar will sustain Facebook's data centers in the region, including the Henrico Data Center in Eastern Henrico County.

D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) as well as Torch Clean Energy are developing the project.

" The DESRI team is pleased to proceed our solid connection with Facebook, which, with the addition of Chester Solar, currently completes over 650 MWAC of acquired and also operational clean power projects throughout the nation," said Hy Martin, chief advancement officer of DESRI. "This project will certainly develop jobs, tax revenue, as well as various other local economic advancement as Virginia becomes a national leader in the brand-new energy economic situation. This facility is just one of several renewable energy projects that our team has prepared for huge load centers in the PJM area."

The Chester Solar project will develop about 200 jobs throughout building. Once the project is functional, DESRI will develop and also money a clean energy scholarship program to aid cultivate neighborhood labor force talent by sustaining graduating senior citizens from local secondary schools that have an interest in Virginia's growing tidy power economy.

" We are excited to companion with DESRI once again to bring brand-new solar energy to the grid," stated Urvi Parekh, head of renewable resource at Facebook. "This project will assist us remain to sustain our global operations with 100% renewable resource as well as bring new investment as well as jobs to the state of Virginia."