Chevron to Fuel Massive Microsoft West Texas Data Center With Natural Gas

‘Project Kilby’ is one of the largest combined power and AI centers of its kind in the country.
Chevron to Fuel Massive Microsoft West Texas Data Center With Natural Gas
A Chevron oil exploration drilling site near Midland, Texas, on Aug. 22, 2019. Jessica Lutz/Reuters
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Chevron Corp. signed a 20-year agreement with Microsoft to develop a power facility dedicated to a future data center in West Texas, creating one of the largest combined projects of its kind in the country, the company announced June 22.

The two companies have been collaborating on the project—dubbed “Project Kilby”—which will use natural gas to power the growth of artificial intelligence (AI).

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