MILAN (Reuters) -ContourGlobal has secured a funding package worth more than $350 million to support its solar installations in Colorado, the group owned by U.S. investment fund KKR said on Thursday.

The deal includes a tax equity investment from Tyr Energy, part of Japan’s ITOCHU Corporation, and a debt deal arranged with a group of international lenders.

As an increasing number of data centres for powering artificial intelligence and decarbonisation efforts boost demand for electricity in the United States, investors and banks are teaming up with energy producers to fund their projects.

The funding package backs ContourGlobal’s Black Hollow Sun project, which is expected to reach a peak output of 324 megawatts when its second phase is completed by end-2026.

The debt financing was arr

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