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Google and AES Sign Agreements for Co-Located Generation and Data Center in Texas

LCG, February 24, 2026--The AES Corporation (AES) and Google today announced agreements for clean power generation that will be co-located with a new Google data center in Wilbarger County, Texas. The agreements include a 20-year Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) for co-located power generation. These coordinated energy projects and powered land will enable Google to rapidly expand its operations to meet demand for core services, while AES will expand its power generation portfolio.

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Amazon Announces Plans to Invest $12 Billion in Data Center Campuses in Louisiana

LCG, February 23, 2026--Amazon today announced plans to invest $12 billion to develop and construct state-of-the-art data center campuses in northwest Louisiana that will support cloud computing technologies. Amazon is partnering with STACK Infrastructure, the developer and owner of the campuses, to lead the construction and development of the data center facilities. Amazon has already invested in solar energy projects in Louisiana, bringing up to 200 MW of new carbon-free energy onto the grid.

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Robert E. Busch, senior vice president for finance and chief financial officer of Public Service Electric & Gas. Co., has been given the additional role of president and chief operating officer of PSEG Services Corp. Both firms are units of utility holding company Public Service Enterprise Group.

Mitch Davidson has been appointed senior vice president for origination for the eastern United States by the Duke Energy North America unit of Duke Energy Corp.

Bonnie G. Hill has been appointed a non-executive director of National Grid Group Plc, effective upon the company's acquisition of Niagara Mohawk Holdings Inc. of which she is currently a director. Dr. Hill is president and chief executive The Times Mirror Foundation and a senior vice president of the Los Angeles Times newspaper.

Marcus Jackson has been appointed president and chief executive of Semco Energy Inc., a natural gas company serving customers in Alaska and Michigan. Jackson, most recently an executive vice president of Kansas City Power & Light Co., is already a member of Semco's board.

Lawrence C. Nussdorf has been elected a director of Potomac Electric Power Co. He is president and chief operating officer of Clark Enterprises Inc., and vice president and treasurer of The Clark Construction Group Inc.

Pauline A. Schneider has been elected a director of Potomac Electric Power Co. She is a partner in the law firm of Hunton & Williams.

David Wiggs has been named interim general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, replacing S. David Freeman who has accepted an as-yet-to-be-defined energy position in the administration of California Gov. Gray Davis. Wiggs is best known as the former head of El Paso Electric Corp. In that role he had the dubious distinction of becoming only the second utility executive since the Great Depression to lead a company through Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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