Wired reported fossil-fuel companies are becoming direct power suppliers for AI data centers.
Wired reported that Chevron and Williams are moving into behind-the-meter natural-gas power for AI data centers, including large projects tied to Microsoft and Meta demand. Chevron's own June announcement says its Energy Forge One subsidiary signed a 20-year agreement with Microsoft to develop a West Texas facility delivering about 2.67 GW of dedicated electricity to a Microsoft-operated data center.
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Wired reported that Chevron and Williams are moving into behind-the-meter natural-gas power for AI data centers, including large projects tied to Microsoft and Meta demand. Chevron's own June announcement says its Energy Forge One subsidiary signed a 20-year agreement with Microsoft to develop a West Texas facility delivering about 2.67 GW of dedicated electricity to a Microsoft-operated data center.
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Behind-the-meter gas can move faster than grid upgrades, but it also changes who bears emissions, reliability and local-permitting costs. Chevron's reliability framing is an interested company position; Wired's climate-impact analysis depends on project assumptions that should be checked against permits and emissions filings.
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Air permits, grid interconnection exemptions, ratepayer cost allocation, Microsoft and Meta emissions accounting, carbon-capture promises, and whether state regulators force data-center power deals into public utility proceedings.
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