During the company’s recent earnings call, their CEO said: "We’re interested in data centers, not from the power standpoint, but for our ability to decarbonize them to the extent that these hyperscalers want decarbonized power… We are interested in the low-carbon data centers and obviously, power is a piece of that. But if there's no decarbonization that goes along with that or no potential decarbonization that goes along with that, I wouldn't see us getting into that business… we’re not interested in a power gen business.”

Amid the dust and noise of a construction site in Abilene, Texas, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared a moment of awe during a recent conversation with comedian and podcaster Theo Von on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von.

We’ll be talking about this topic at the Permian Power Connection Conference, but this article unpacks how power, policy, and pressure are reshaping the future of data center site selection.

Permian-to-Arizona pipeline backed by major utilities: APS and SRP are securing capacity on Energy Transfer’s 516-mile Desert Southwest expansion.

Energy Espresso host Dave Bosco host Dave Bosco sits down with John Fischer (Managing Partner at National Service Alliance (NSA) and Quad Plus) to explore the critical role of service in the energy sector, the ongoing evolution of electrification, and the promising future of DC transmission systems.

Join industry peers in Houston (Spring, TX) on August 14th for a fun pickleball outing. We'll be there! Let's talk power.

Energizing Bitcoin's Justin Ballard & Jake Corley sit down with Bitfarms power duo Rachel Silverstein and Alex Brammer to map out Bitfarms’ high-voltage pivot from pure Bitcoin mining to hyperscale AI infrastructure.

“It is a traditional well servicing rig with all the capabilities but powered by batteries. That gives more control of the rig compared to a diesel engine,” said Glenn Schaller, director of business development at Clean Rig, told the Reporter-Telegram.

Frequent subzero nat gas prices at Permian Waha Hub are a competitive advantage for Permian hi-tech facilities like AI data centers and crypto mines.

Matthew Bulpitt joins Conduit as Chief Operating Officer. Conduit will have a strong presence at the Permian Power Connection Conference this September.

AI power demand creating massive market opportunity: Hyperscalers spending >$500B in 2025 CapEx requiring $50B in power infrastructure; 40% of data centers now considering islanded power vs 20% six months ago.

Only 5 years ago, office construction spending was 7x data center spending! Hat tip to Joey Politano.

Spending has tripled since the launch of ChatGPT.

Article looks at the growth of various power options in Texas as the demand for power increases.

Riot participates in ERCOT’s Four Coincident Peaks program in Texas and MISO’s demand response programs in Kentucky, so when heatwaves stress the grid’s electricity supply in summer months, Riot’s hashrate utilization declines depending on how much it curtails power draw.

DigitalBridge-backed Vantage continues to scale hard and fast — and this project shows that Tier II locations are officially on the hyperscaler map. Hat tip to Ben Sooter. One of his many great posts on LinkedIn.