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Contracted for the 702 MW fuel cell project

Crusoe spent more than a year assembling land, permits and a power plan for a data center campus in southeast Wyoming. It never signed the tenant the project needed. On November 6, Google bought the site.

Updated 4 days ago

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Client; largest transmission system operator in the United States

American Electric Power selected Jacobs to manage delivery of the eastern half of a $37 billion transmission program, the companies said Oct. 29. Jacobs will handle project controls, engineering, siting, right-of-way acquisition and environmental review across seven states for five years. WSP USA holds the matching role across four western states.

Updated Nov 3

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Client for the $37 billion transmission program

American Electric Power signed 15 gigawatts of new customer load in a single quarter, and about nine in ten gigawatts of its contracted pipeline is tied to data centers. On October 29 it handed the wiring to two engineering firms: Jacobs for seven eastern states, WSP USA for four western ones.

Updated Nov 1

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Building generation and transmission for 84 GW of contracted load through 2031

American Electric Power will spend about $4 billion on a 702-megawatt fuel cell plant near Cheyenne, Wyoming, to supply Google under a 20-year contract. The utility also bought 190 megawatts of Mainspring linear generators, with options to reach 1.6 gigawatts by 2034. Neither system burns fuel in a turbine, unlike the gas plants supplying most of AEP's new capacity.

Updated Nov 1

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As of August 2026: Parent company seeking federal funding across its 11-state territory

AEP Texas has closed a $3.26 billion federal loan to rebuild the state's power grid. The money funds roughly 100 projects covering 2,800 miles of transmission lines. Key corridors get double the carrying capacity, aimed at data centers and Permian Basin oil fields.

Updated Aug 24