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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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Duke Enters Salt Cavern Gas Storage Business

LCG, Aug. 31, 2000Duke Energy Gas Transmission Corp. said yesterday it will get into the natural gas storage business by purchasing two salt cavern facilities from Nisource Inc. for $400 million in cash and debt.

The Duke Energy Corp. subsidiary said it was "enthusiastic" about getting into a side of the business that is becoming increasingly valuable in the natural gas marketplace.

Duke agreed to buy a gas storage business known as Market Hub Partners from Nisource. The company said the salt cavern storage has 23 billion cubic feet of storage capacity with significant expansion capability.

Market Hub's facilities are "well suited to meet load swings brought about by gas-fired electricpower generation and the peak winter heating load growth of local distribution companies," said Robert Evans, president of DEGT. "Additionally, the location (provides) additional supply security to mitigatethe effects of severe weather conditions in the Gulf Coast supply region."

The two facilities are Moss Bluff in Liberty County, Texas, and Egan in Acadia Parish, La. Both are situated near industry-recognized market hubs at the convergence of major interstate and intrastate natural gas pipelines and serve as aggregation points for natural gas collected along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf coasts.

Under the terms of the transaction, DEGT will pay Nisource $250 million cash and assume $150 million in debt. The companies expect to close the deal this year, pending approval by the Federal Trade Commission.

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