{"id":693431,"date":"2025-10-07T08:15:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T05:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/microsoft-buys-another-100-mw-of-solar-this-time-in-japan\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T08:15:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T05:15:11","slug":"microsoft-buys-another-100-mw-of-solar-this-time-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/microsoft-buys-another-100-mw-of-solar-this-time-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft buys another 100 MW of solar, this time in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft is buying 100 megawatts of solar capacity from Japanese developer Shizen Energy, the latest in a string of renewable energy deals designed to power the tech company\u2019s growing compute needs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shizenenergy.net\/en\/2025\/10\/03\/seg_vppa_microsoft_100mw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">agreement<\/a>, which the companies announced late last week, covers four different solar developments; one is already operating and three are under construction. The deal covers output from the plants for 20 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seattle-based Microsoft already operates two data centers in Japan. Microsoft\u2019s compute capacity is <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterdynamics.com\/en\/news\/brad-smith-microsoft-to-spend-29bn-on-japanese-data-centers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">slated to expand<\/a> as the company invests $2.9 billion in the country over the next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Solar has become a favored source of power for tech companies and data center operators in recent years because it is quick and cheap to build. Solar is among the cheapest forms of new generating capacity, and projects are <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly completed within 18 months. Plus, users can begin drawing power before the entire project is complete.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft has been a big buyer of solar in recent months. Since the year began, the company has contracted more than 1 gigawatt of solar capacity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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