OpenAI

  • Helion Polaris
    Fusion

    OpenAI in Talks with Helion to Secure Fusion Energy

    Artificial intelligence (AI) group OpenAI is reportedly discussing buying electricity from Helion Energy, the fusion startup company based in Everett, Washington. Sources told POWER that a deal would enable OpenAI to be guaranteed part of Helion’s power generation, with as much as 5 GW available by 2030 and up to 50 GW by 2035.

  • Clean Power Plan
    Data Centers

    Hyperscalers Sign White House Pledge to Fund Data Center Power, Grid Upgrades

    Seven of the nation’s largest artificial intelligence (AI) companies and hyperscalers signed a White House-brokered agreement March 4 committing to build, procure, or fund new generation capacity sufficient to cover the electricity demands of their data centers—and to pay for all grid infrastructure upgrades required to connect them, without passing those costs to residential or […]

  • Clean Power Plan
    Business

    SB Energy Tapped for Proposed 9.2‑GW Ohio Gas Power Plant in First Tranche of $550B U.S.–Japan Deal: What We Know

    The Trump administration is touting a proposed 9.2‑GW natural gas power complex near Portsmouth, Ohio, as the centerpiece of a new U.S.–Japan trade deal that officials say could steer up to $550 billion of Japanese capital into American energy and industrial projects. According to a Feb. 17 Commerce Department fact sheet and a statement by […]

  • This VoltaGrid microgrid in Midland, Texas, supplies 70 MW of natural gas-generated power to support production operations and a low-carbon hydraulic fracturing site. The system transmits 40 MW via a dedicated 25-kV line to an electrical submersible pump (ESP) production grid, ensuring continuous, 24/7 operations. A second independent 30-MW line powers a low-carbon electric fracturing site, where portable, custom-designed mobile substations convert the voltage for site distribution. Courtesy: VoltaGrid
    Data Centers

    Oracle Taps VoltaGrid for 2.3-GW Modular Gas Fleet to Power AI Data Centers Across Texas

    Texas-based rapid-deployment power specialist VoltaGrid will deploy 2,300 MW of modular, ultra-low-emissions natural gas generation to support Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s (OCI’s) artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, backed by firm fuel from Energy Transfer’s 140,000-mile pipeline and storage network. Under the collaboration announced Oct. 15, VoltaGrid said its proprietary modular platform—featuring INNIO Jenbacher reciprocating engines and […]