June 22 : Chevron said on Monday it has signed a 20-year deal with Microsoft to provide natural-gas fired power for a proposed data center in West Texas.Technology companies, including Microsoft, are rushing to secure electricity supply for their rapidly expanding data centers that would power AI services

Chevron Corp. signed a 20-year deal with Microsoft Corp. to provide natural-gas fired power for a proposed West Texas data centre. Read here

The Chevron Microsoft gas deal puts a 20-year, 2.67GW natural-gas plant behind a giant West Texas data centre, off the grid and online by 2028.

Once operational, Project Kilby will be among the largest co-located natural gas power and data center developments in the U.S.