Peter Cook, Editor
We’ve just started adding some of our speakers for the Marcellus Power Conference (Pittsburgh on October 21-22)! Check out the lineup! Many more about to be added. And early registration ends on August 31!
And don’t forget the Data Center Energy Industry Update (November 2 in Houston). It will be a great discussion among senior decision makers in the industry. Very limited seating and sponsorships are almost sold out!
And now, the news…
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro issued Executive Order 2026-05, creating a formal two-tier permitting system for any data center project with peak demand above 25 megawatts.
Read MoreFiled documents suggest the site’s total backup generator capacity will total 270MW.
Read MoreMeta, QTS, Amazon, SoftBank Energy, and Google all commit funds to the program.
Read MoreA range of state decisions have made siting solar, wind, and natural gas projects very different from one another. Lets take a look.
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In Pickaway County, it was a long Wednesday night of pushback and support over a proposed 800-megawatt power plant.
Read MoreDeal will see Nvidia customers gain access to "large-scale, power-ready capacity” for AI workloads.
Read MoreWSJ reported that Nvidia was expected to invest several hundred million dollars in Cloverleaf, which works with utilities, energy providers and investors to secure power and other infrastructure for data center sites.
Read MoreDubbed Orion, this is the most powerful modular data center offering from the company, an almost 10x increase compared to last year's Leviathan launch, which was a 1.77MW modular data center and itself a ~10x increase over the previous offering.
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Prometheus Hyperscale, says it will generate power on site using pipeline natural gas plus methane from Istmo Midstream’s nearby fractionation operation.
Read MoreThe review follows Governor Abbott's order for a closer look at data centers before they join the power grid. It covers about 300 large energy users.
Read MoreOil and gas producers’ swelling power needs are hitting the West Texas region just as technology companies target the world’s most productive shale basin for data centers, sending electricity demand soaring.
Read MoreThe Great American Energy Comeback Tour, featuring U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and various political and energy industry figures, has officially passed through Midland. Here is a recap and an analysis of comments made by Wright and other speakers.
Read MoreThe alarm was sounded by the state's utility regulator, manufacturers and leaders in the energy industry who said operations in the energy-rich Permian Basin are already threatened by inadequate power supply.
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Veranthium Atlas gives some insights related to a recent report from Morgan Stanley.
Read MoreSuhail Tayeb breaks down why power, not real estate, has become the real gating factor, and introduces GTSQT, the five-part test Suhail uses to separate a real power position from a hopeful one.
Read MorePast sponsors have been given early access to the sponsor prospectus for the 3rd Annual Permian Power Conference (being held in Midland on June 7 & 8, 2027). Reach out before the best exhibit space and sponsor enhancements sell out!
Read MoreMorgan Lewis partner Arjun P. Ramadevanahalli speaks about governor-led interventions, federal tariff pressure, and why behind-the-meter power is now part of the broader regulatory debate.
Read MoreThe information needed to bring transparency already exists. A challenge is organizing it into something communities and policymakers can actually use.
Read MoreLooking to stay connected in the rapidly evolving Permian Basin? Look no further than The Power Connection Digest.
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