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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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MidAmerican Begins Constructing 790 MW Advanced Coal Plant

LCG, September 9, 2003MidAmerican Energy Companyannounced that it has begun construction of thebiggest coal-fired plant in Iowa.

According to the company, the plant will usesupercritical boilers to form very hot steam underhigher-than-normal pressures. This adaptation, alongwith dry scrubbers and catalyst technologies, willallow for much cleaner power production thantraditional coal-fired plants.

The 790-megawatt plant will cost roughly $1.2billion and will be constructed at Council BluffsEnergy Center, which already has a generating capacityof 820 megawatts.

MidAmerican Energy Company serves 681,000customers in the Midwest and is based in Des Moines,Iowa.

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