Arbor Energy just landed a billion-dollar order to bring rocket turbine tech to the power grid
The large deal sees Arbor delivering as many as 200 of its Halcyon turbines, which can burn either natural gas or waste biomass.
The large deal sees Arbor delivering as many as 200 of its Halcyon turbines, which can burn either natural gas or waste biomass.
Natural gas prices could triple in some parts of the U.S., which could saddle hyperscalers with massive bills to power their AI data centers.
The fab is intended to build chips for data centers that will be run by SpaceX and its xAI subsidiary.
Meta’s upcoming Hyperion AI data center will be powered by 10 new natural gas plants.
Meta, Microsoft, and Google are all betting big on new natural gas power plants to run their AI data centers. They may regret it.
Natural gas power plant costs have nearly doubled in two years and take 23% longer to build as data center electricity demand skyrockets.
Gas turbines at xAI’s Colossus 2 data center have drawn a lawsuit over the company’s use of “mobile” gas turbines as power plants.
Elon Musk’s xAI said it will buy $2.8 billion worth of natural gas turbines over the next three years, according to SpaceX’s IPO filing.
Microsoft inked a 20-year power purchase agreement with Chevron, locking in decades of carbon emissions from a new natural gas power plant.
Meta has made significant investments in natural gas over the past year. Now it’s dropping out of an industry renewable energy group.