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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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Leroy T. Barnes Jr. has joined PG&E Corp. as vice president andtreasurer. He most recently was vice president and treasurer of Gap Inc.

Claude H. Duss has been elected president and chief executive of IdaTech, the fuel cell subsidiary of Idacorp Inc., the holding company parent of Idaho Power Co. He succeeds Alan Guggenheim, one of the IdaTech's three founders. Duss most recently was a vice president of Honeywell Europe.

Leslie H. Duncan has joined natural gas company Atmos Energy Corp. as vice president and chief information officer. Before joining Atmos, he occupied the same position with Jo-Ann Stores Inc.

James J. Hoecker, immediate past chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, has been elected a director of Allegheny Energy Inc. He is also is a partner in the Washington, D.C.-New York City law firm of Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman LLP.

Thomas E. Legro has been named to the newly created position of vice president and chief accounting officer by PG&E National Energy Group Inc. He most recently vice president and controller with Edison Mission Energy.

Michael O'Sullivan has been appointed senior vice president for development of independent power producer FPL Energy LLC, a subsidiary of FPL Group Inc. He joins FPL from AES Great Plains Inc., where he was a vice president.

Glen W. Overton has joined Kansas City Power & Light Co. as director of governmental affairs and community relations. He has served since 1993 as the regional administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration's Heartland Region.

Julio Reyes has been named Texas state president of American Electric Power Co. Inc., filling a vacancy created when Alphonso Jackson became Deputy Secretary of Housing andUrban Development in the Bush administration. Reyes previously was community service manager and coordinator in McAllen for the Rio Grande Valley at AEP's Central Power & Light Co. subsidiary.

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