Google has signed a $3 billion framework agreement with Brookfield Asset Management and its renewables arm to secure carbon-free hydroelectricity for its U.S. operations. The technology group said the deal, the largest corporate clean-energy pact for hydropower on record, will help meet the soaring electricity demand of artificial-intelligence and cloud-computing workloads. The initial phase covers two 20-year power-purchase agreements totaling 670 MW from Brookfield’s Holtwood and Safe Harbor plants in Pennsylvania, which will be upgraded and relicensed. The framework allows Google to draw as much as 3 GW of hydropower nationwide. “This collaboration with Brookfield is a significant step forward, ensuring clean-energy supply in the PJM region where we operate,” said Amanda Peterson Corio, Google’s head of data-center energy. Separately, Google plans to invest $25 billion over the next two years to build and expand data centers across Pennsylvania and neighboring states connected to the PJM Interconnection, the largest electric grid in the United States. The parallel energy and infrastructure commitments underscore the race among Big Tech companies to secure reliable, low-carbon power for energy-hungry AI facilities.