Telehouse and RWE agree 10-year Power Purchase Agreement

Telehouse International has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with RWE, the UK’s largest power generator and a world leading renewable energy company.

Under the agreement RWE will supply a substantial amount of the renewable energy used at Telehouse’s London Docklands campus, Europe’s most connected data centre hub, until the end of 2035. The electricity will be supplied by the London Array offshore wind farm located in the outer Thames Estuary. The PPA will commence in October 2025 and will secure the supply of power to Telehouse and its customers for many years to come.

Mushtaq Choudhary, Head of Procurement at Telehouse Europe, said: “Telehouse is committed to enhancing energy efficiency, promoting green procurement, and reducing our carbon footprint and that of our customers. Thanks to this PPA with RWE, the electricity purchased for our London Docklands campus will continue to be derived from renewable energy sources, demonstrating our efforts to drive efficiency at our campus and deliver real benefits for our customers.

Olaf Lubenow, Head of Commodity Solutions UK, North & South Europe of RWE Supply & Trading, said: “This power purchase agreement ensures Telehouse and its customers have reliable access to clean, renewable electricity, providing certainty on price and the robustness of supply. We are pleased to support Telehouse also in its decarbonisation efforts as our goal is to advance climate protection in all sectors of the economy with clean energy solutions.”

London Array is operated by RWE and owned by a consortium of four partners (RWE, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Greencoat UK Wind PLC, Masdar Energy UK Limited). It has 175 wind turbines and an installed capacity of 630 megawatts. From the time of its opening in 2013 until September 2018, it was the largest offshore wind farm in the world.