Microsoft has agreed to a deal which the company describes as the largest single electricity purchase agreement signed between two corporate partners. Partnering with Brookfield Asset Management, Microsoft is investing more than $10 billion to provide power for its artificial intelligence operations at data centers. The funds will go toward building solar farms, wind turbines and other forms of carbon-free energy sources in the United States and Europe to procure 10.5 gigawatts of clean power. This allocation of energy is substantial, equivalent to powering nearly 8 million homes. Microsoft’s deal comes at a time when the energy consumption of data…