Airtel's Nxtra Raises Renewable Energy Sourcing Deal With Ampin
In a new contract between the two businesses, Nxtra by Airtel announced that it will purchase an extra 125.65 megawatts of renewable energy from Ampin Energy.
With this, the two businesses' overall renewable energy partnership has surpassed 200 megawatts.
The business had already inked two agreements with Ampin to source about 75 MW of renewable energy.
Through captive solar-wind power projects in Rajasthan and Karnataka, respectively, Nxtra will receive the additional capacity in two stages.
Through intra-state, open access systems in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Odisha, Ampin has been providing solar power to Nxtra.
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Along with innovative technologies including seamless renewable energy supply from a single Independent Power Producer (IPP) and large-scale ISTS renewable energy supply, this new agreement will expand AMPIN to include 11 additional states.
In June 2024, Nxtra pledged to get all of its electricity from renewable sources when it joined the global RE100 movement.
Bharti Airtel also purchased shares in two renewable energy initiatives to support Nxtra, its data center business.
The company declared that it will buy 23,000 MWh of renewable energy for Nxtra by Q4 FY 23-24.
Six of Nxtra's Edge data center facilities will be powered by renewable energy projects that Airtel will purchase shares in from Continuum Green India Pvt. Ltd. and Vibrant Energy Holdings Pte. Ltd. There was no disclosure of detailed project details. Through a "open access route," Airtel will purchase a portion of Continuum Green, a project firm that will provide green electricity from wind and solar projects to its Edge data centers in Madhya Pradesh.
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In order to supply solar electricity to its Edge data center in Vijayawada, Airtel has also engaged into a similar stake acquisition deal with a Vibrant Energy project firm. Currently, Nxtra runs 120 Edge facilities, also known as Points-of-Presence, and 12 data centers in India. It has a 200MW area and more than 36,000 racks. More than 110MW of solar projects have been created in India by Vibrant Energy. ATN, Blueleaf Energy, and Macquarie are among the company's investors. It already has Power Purchase Agreements with Sify and Amazon.