Microsoft to power Texas AI data center with natural gas from Chevron
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Daniel AJ Sokolov
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Microsoft is building a massive 2-gigawatt data center in Pecos, West Texas, to support its AI operations. The facility will be powered by natural gas, with Chevron supplying both the gas and most of the gas turbines for 20 years, while additional turbines come from Caterpillar's Solar Turbines subsidiary. This highlights the growing energy demands of AI infrastructure and the reliance on fossil fuels to meet them.
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· 3 pulledMicrosoft is planning several new, large data centers for artificial intelligence (AI).
The electricity for the giant facility will come from natural gas: Chevron will supply gas and most of the gas turbines for 20 years.
Additional gas turbines will come from a Caterpillar subsidiary called Solar Turbines, which, despite its name, has nothing to do with solar power.
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