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Data center power developer Titus Low Carbon Ventures is contracting for up to 673 MW of natural gas-fired generation capacity to supply its planned data center parks in Texas.
The agreement with AB Energy is centered around the latter’s delivery of up to 202 Ecomax 33 reciprocating power generation units, powered by Jenbacher J620 engines. Titus’ power-park model plans to co-locate behind-the-meter thermal generation with utility-scale solar, wind, battery storage and high-voltage grid interconnect.
Titus and AB Energy hope to commission the first 400 MW by the end of 2027, with the rest operational a year later. The companies contend the multi-resource approach can reduce emissions and energy costs.
Numerous co-located data center and power projects similar to Titus’ are under development in Texas. Politically connected startup Fermi America is partnering with Texas Tech University on ambitious plans to build an $11 billion connected natural gas and artificial intelligence (AI) data center campus in Amarillo.
Fermi America, which includes among its founders former Texas Governor and U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, is touting its plan of an “Amarillo HyperGrid” as the next generation in on-site power development to meet growing AI and cloud-based data center demand. The first phase will bring in six Siemens Energy SGT800 gas-fired turbines and one SST600 steam turbine to deliver about 478 MW of co-located and combined heat and power for the proposed AI campus in the Texas Panhandle.
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