AI Datacenter in Texas Will Have Its Own 1.2GW Gas Power Plant
June 5th, 2025Data Center Executives Pivot Toward Onsite Power:
In November, data center leaders said they expected approximately 30% of all data center sites to use some onsite power as a primary energy source supplemental to the grid by 2030, 2.3 times more than just seven months earlier.
The report noted there were more data center announcements featuring onsite power in 2024 than the previous four years combined.
“We were surprised by the pace of change and the growing expectation that onsite power generation will play a greater role in powering data center projects,” reads the Bloom Energy report.
Data center leaders also expect power availability to get worse.
Via: CloudBurst:
It will be powered by an on-site, Behind-the-Meter natural gas-fired power plant. CloudBurst has signed a long-term contract with Energy Transfer, LP (NYSE: ET) that will enable the Data Center and power plant to be developed in phases up to a capacity of 1.2GW. The gas pipeline runs through the site and is operated by Energy Transfer’s Oasis Pipeline, LP. It will provide up to 450,000 MMBtu per day of firm natural gas supply.
Construction on the Data Center campus is expected to start in Q2 2025 with completion of the first phase in Q3 of 2026.
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