Oracle has committed to 10 wind energy projects across Texas with combined capacity exceeding 1.7 gigawatts, enough to match the output of a large nuclear power plant and supply more than 525,000 American homes for a year. The investment is intended to power Oracle’s Abilene data center, a flagship AI infrastructure hub, while adding support to ERCOT (Texas electricity grid operator), which serves the vast majority of the state. The portfolio includes projects supplied by Clearway Energy, RWE, Scout Clean Energy and ENGIE North America. ENGIE has confirmed agreements for up to 568 megawatts of wind power for Oracle’s Texas operations, representing roughly one-third of the total capacity. Oracle estimates the projects will avoid approximately 1.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually compared with the ERCOT grid average. Mahesh Thiagarajan, Oracle’s executive vice president of Cloud Infrastructure, said the investment supports the company’s goal of matching 100% of its AI data center electricity consumption with carbon-free energy by 2035. Oracle has also opened a request for proposals for additional renewable capacity, including solar and geothermal projects in nearby New Mexico.