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DOE Announces Site Selection for Energy Infrastructure and AI Data Centers on Federal Lands

LCG, July 24, 2025--The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the next steps in the Trump administration’s plan to accelerate the development of AI infrastructure by using Federal lands to lower energy costs and help power the global AI race, as previously outlined in President Trump’s Executive Orders on Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure, Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security, and Unleashing American Energy.

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Enbridge Announces 600-MW Solar Project in Texas to Power Meta Data Center Operations

LCG, July 22, 2025--Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge) today announced that it has reached a final investment decision on the Clear Fork solar project located near San Antonio, Texas. Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), has signed a long-term contract for all of the renewable power generated from the 600-MW project.

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Mirant Moves into Puerto Rico Energy Market

LCG, Aug. 1, 2001--Mirant Corp. said yesterday it will purchase a 540-megawatt power plant and a liquefied natural gas terminal operated by Puerto Rican-based EcoElectrica Holdings Ltd. The move will put Mirant into Puerto Rico for the first time.

Mirant will acquire 100 percent of EcoElectrica from its owners, Edison International Inc. and Enron Corp., for about $586 million cash and will assume liabilities of $600 million, the company said.

A Mirant spokesman said in a company news release that the LNG terminal would continue to provide gas for the power plant and that there were no plans at this point to begin exporting LNG from the terminal to other market in the U.S., the Caribbean or Latin America.

Mirant's presence in the Caribbean includes ownership and operation of power plants in Jamaica,Trinidad and Tobago, and the Bahamas.

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