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New Era Signs PPA with Vistra Subsidiary to Power 250MW Texas Data Center
New Era has executed a 20-year power purchase agreement with a Vistra subsidiary to supply electricity to a 250MW data center campus in Ector County, Texas. The deal represents a growing trend of hyperscale data center operators securing long-term, dedicated dispatchable generation rather than relying on grid interconnection and merchant power markets.
PJM opposes waiver for $2B Ohio gas-fired plant
PJM Interconnection, the largest U.S. grid operator, is opposing a waiver request from Advanced Power Services for its $2 billion Chestnut Run gas-fired power plant in Ohio. The developer seeks to reduce the project's maximum output by 55 MW (from 1.3 GW to 1.245 GW) and switch turbine models from GE Vernova's HA.03 to HA.02 to address manufacturing backlogs and maintain a May 2030 online date. PJM argues that granting the waiver would give Advanced Power an unfair advantage over other developers complying with its Reliability Resource Initiative (RRI) rules, which bar such changes.
xAI’s Gas Turbines, the DOJ, and the Data Center Power Permit Maze: A Plain-English Explainer
What the DOJ’s national-security filing in the xAI gas turbine case means, how the EPA closed the “temporary turbine” loophole, and why powering a data center now takes years.
Chevron Signs 2.67 GW Natural Gas PPA with Microsoft for Texas Data Center
Chevron has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft to supply 2.67 GW of natural gas-fired electricity to a data center in West Texas. This represents a significant entry by an oil major into the dispatchable power generation market for hyperscale computing.
Circe Energy secures 2GW of natural gas capacity for West Texas data center
Circe Energy has secured 2 GW of natural gas supply capacity from Cummins to support an onsite power plant for a planned data center campus in West Texas, as well as other developments throughout North America. The deal represents a major behind-the-meter generation project, bypassing traditional utility interconnection and leveraging the region's abundant and low-cost natural gas from the Permian Basin. The project is expected to start with 150 MW in 2027 and increase to 1.1GW by 2030.
Tallgrass and Mitsubishi Select Gas Turbines for Cheyenne Power Hub
Tallgrass, a midstream energy infrastructure company, and Mitsubishi Power Americas are moving forward with phase one of the Cheyenne Power Hub in Wyoming, allocating two M501JAC gas turbines to generate approximately 1.15 GW of power. The project represents a $7+ billion total investment, with natural gas supplied from Tallgrass’ existing Rockies Express Pipeline. This is a greenfield build—but with a dedicated data center customer already attached.
VoltaGrid Announces $1B Investment for Behind-The-Meter Generation
VoltaGrid announced on May 11, 2026, that it has secured $1 billion in strategic equity investment from Blackstone and Halliburton to deploy behind-the-meter (BTM) natural gas generation assets at data centers. This transaction represents one of the largest single commitments to on-site, dispatchable power infrastructure purpose-built for AI and hyperscale computing demand. The deal validates the emerging thesis that data center operators will increasingly bypass traditional utility interconnection queues in favor of self-generation to meet aggressive deployment timelines.
Baker Hughes Supplies 10 Gas Turbines to Twenty20 Energy
Baker Hughes is supplying 10 gas turbines to Twenty20 Energy, supporting up to 250MW of power for data center projects in Georgia and Texas. The order, which includes Frame 5 gas turbines and associated generator technology, is the first step toward a larger strategic agreement for multi-gigawatt power generation equipment between the two companies. First deliveries are scheduled for 2027.
Musk’s xAI Buys 5 Ddditional 380 MW Turbines from South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility
Elon Musk's xAI has confirmed the purchase of 5 additional 380 MW gas turbines from South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility. That’s enough electricity to power roughly 1.4 million homes.
