US multinational oil and gas major ExxonMobil has revealed plans for a new 1.5GW natural gas-fired power plant dedicated to powering data centers. The project is in the early stages of development. It would mark the first time Exxon has built a power plant that does not supply energy to its own operations.

ExxonMobil is preparing to join the power generation business, seeing an opportunity to support the electricity supply for energy-intensive data centers.

The country’s largest oil company is designing a natural gas power plant outfitted with carbon capture technology to meet the voracious power demand of technology companies.

Exxon Mobil (XOM) is designing a natural gas power plant outfitted with carbon capture technology to meet the demand of technology companies, The New York Times’ Rebecca F. Elliott reports. The plant will be fitted with technology that can capture more than 90% of the facility’s carbon dioxide emissions,

Exxon Mobil is “well along” in a plan to build its first commercial power plant, fueled by natural gas, to directly supply electricity to data centers, the company announced Wednesday. It’s a shift in strategy for the Spring-based oil and gas giant,

This would be the first time Exxon built a power plant that wasn’t intended to power its own operations, the New York Times reported.

Exxon Mobil working on gas-powered plant “If the United States follows a similar data center growth trajectory as Ireland, a path setter whose data centers are projected to cons