Google’s new data center model signals a massive market shift
For decades, data centers have followed the fiber, clustering in hubs like Northern Virginia where network connectivity and tax incentives were abundant. Google’s new approach to building data centers is doing the opposite.
Harold Hamm’s Top Oil, Gas Goals After Trump Victory
When Harold Hamm talks U.S. energy, President-elect Donald Trump listens.
Hamm, the founder and executive chairman of privately-held Continental Resources, ran point on drumming up oil and gas industry support and funding for Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign.
Big Oil eyes powering Big Tech’s data center demand
Chevron Corp and Exxon Mobil are considering entering the electricity business, with the U.S. oil majors working on deals to use natural gas and carbon capture to power the technology industry’s AI data centers, executives with the companies said separately on Wednesday.
Google, Intersect Power to develop co-located energy parks with $20B of renewables, storage
Google will buy power for planned data centers to be co-located in energy parks with $20 billion in renewable energy and energy storage to be built by Intersect Power, the companies said Tuesday.
In Sharply Changing Energy World, Louisiana, Gulf Coast Expected to See Big Investment
With rising global demand, Louisiana’s growing energy sector is expected to try to balance continuing fossil fuel-based production and worldwide exports against decarbonizing industrial and energy operations through the end of 2027, LSU researchers said Friday.
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