Microsoft has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Brookfield Asset Management, with renewable energy to power data centers in the US and Europe, possibly elsewhere too, with a time frame of 2026-2030. The agreement states that the energy types involved will go beyond just wind and solar, but doesn’t specify. This 10.5 GW PPA figure is more than just the latest record which any sector with a 20% annual growth rate posts as a matter of routine. It’s some 8 times the previous biggest-ever PPA, according to BNEF tracking. It’s bigger than all of the PPAs which Microsoft announced across 16 countries last year combined (8.8 GW, for a cumulative Microsoft total of 23.3 GW prior to this deal).…