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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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CPUC Approves NRG Energy's 500-MW Carlsbad Energy Center

LCG, May 28, 2015-The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved late last week the SDG&E Power Purchase and Tolling Agreement for the NRG Energy, Inc. Carlsbad Energy Center, a proposed 500-MW, natural gas-fired peaking facility. The project is expected to begin operations when the adjacent Encina Power Station is retired at the end of 2017.

The Carlsbad Energy Center will include five units to increase reliability in southern California given the closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in 2013 and the planned retirement of the Encina Generating Station due to California's Once-Through-Cooling ban. The proposed electric generating facility will be located in the City of Carlsbad in San Diego County.

The president of NRG Energy's West region stated, "We appreciate the CPUC's vote of confidence that the Carlsbad Energy Center is the best approach to have the appropriate, flexible capacity online by 2017 to enable California to reach its greenhouse gas reduction goals through building additional renewable generation while preserving the reliability of the grid. We appreciate the CAISO's recognition of the project's contribution to the grid and SDG&E's continued support of the project and the benefits it will bring to all of southern California. And we appreciate the City of Carlsbad's focus on the environmental benefits of the project to build a smaller, more efficient plant that complies with the State's once-through-cooling policies, and enables the demolition of Encina and development of the underlying coastline property."

The original application for certification was filed with the California Energy Commission (CEC) in September 2007.
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